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Aaron Navarro

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Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cycles.

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October 21, 2026 / 9:21 PM EDT / CBS News

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Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed clashed onstage Wednesday during the second, and final, debate in the increasingly bitter Michigan Senate race . El-Sayed repeatedly argued his opponent is and would be a "sock puppet" for President Trump in the Senate, while Rogers cast his opponent as untrustworthy and trying to run from past, further-left positions.

The neck-and-neck race is one of the nation's most closely watched contests in the November midterms and could help determine which party wins control of the Senate. Democrats hope to take advantage of Mr. Trump's unpopularity and voters' frustration with inflation and the Iran War.…