Poll: Here’s where Michigan voters stand in U.S. Senate race

Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll who they would vote for in the upcoming U.S. Senate election.

A poll conducted by WDIV/Detroit News asked voters from across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 election. A portion of those questions focused on the upcoming Senate race.

Name familiarity, favorability

Here’s the exact wording of the next question, which was asked over the phone: I am going to read you the names of several people you might have heard of. For each, please tell me if you have heard of that person. If you have heard of that person, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of that person.

Here are the results:

Mike Rogers

Name ID: 71.1%

• Heard, favorable: 17.5%
• Heard, unfavorable: 18.5%
• Heard, no opinion: 35.1%
• Never heard of: 28.9%
• Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.0%

Abdul El-Sayed

Name ID: 47.1%

• Heard, favorable: 11.6%
• Heard, unfavorable: 17.7%
• Heard, no opinion: 17.8%
• Never heard of: 52.1%
• Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.8%

Mallory McMorrow

Name ID: 24.3%

• Heard, favorable: 7.3%
• Heard, unfavorable: 2.8%
• Heard, no opinion: 14.2%
• Never heard of: 75.6%
• Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.2%

Haley Stevens

Name ID: 41.7%

• Heard, favorable: 15.0%
• Heard, unfavorable: 9.2%
• Heard, no opinion: 17.5%
• Never heard of: 58.1%
• Don’t Know/Refused: 0.2%

Choosing a candidate

Participants were then asked a series of questions on who they would vote for if the election were held today. Here are the results:

Here’s the exact wording of a question asked over the phone to the participant: If the election for US Senate were held today and Mike Rogers was the Republican nominee and Abdul El-Sayed was the Democratic nominee, who would you vote for to be US Senate for Michigan?

Here are the results:

• Rogers: 48.0%
• El-Sayed: 41.6%
• Other: 0.2%
• Don’t Know/ Refused: 10.2%

Here’s the exact wording of the next question asked over the phone to the participant: If the election for US Senate were held today and Mike Rogers was the Republican nominee and Mallory McMorrow was the Democratic nominee, who would you vote for to be US Senate for Michigan?

Here are the results:

• Rogers: 45.7%
• McMorrow: 42.4%
• Other: 0.2%
• Don’t Know/ Refused: 11.7%

Here’s the exact wording of the next question asked over the phone to the participant: If the election for US Senate were held today and Mike Rogers was the Republican nominee and Haley Stevens was the Democratic nominee, who would you vote for to be US Senate for Michigan?

Here are the results:

• Rogers: 44.1%
• Stevens: 43.7%
• Other: 0.3%
• Don’t Know/Refused: 11.9%

Poll methodology

WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely November 2026 general election voters within the state of Michigan. The poll was conducted by The Glengariff Group, Inc.

It was a 600-sample, live-operator telephone survey conducted from Jan. 2-6, 2026.

The margin of error is +/- 4.0%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.

Of the respondents, 16.3% were called via landline telephone, and 83.7% were called on a cellphone.