GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — Standing outside a beachfront restaurant on the shores of Lake Michigan, Mike Rogers didn’t want to talk much about national politics. Rogers, the presumptive Republican nominee in Michigan’s Senate race, is running a campaign that focuses as much as he can on local issues. While the Democratic primary becomes a brutal internecine clash, Rogers pivots almost immediately when asked about national controversies he’d have to weigh in on as a senator. The 2026 midterms will be a “change election,” he told Semafor. “The Democrats are clearly responsible for it, and I’m going to be a part of that change.”