Senate race in Michigan a statistical dead heat: survey 

The race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat is starting the year in a statistical dead heat, new polling shows.  

A new survey from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV in Michigan found no clear winner in different hypothetical matchups between Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, her party's frontrunner, and three top Republican candidates for the seat.  

Against former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, Slotkin scored 38 percent of likely Michigan voters and Rogers took 37 percent, with a quarter undecided. 

Against another former lawmaker, ex-Rep. Peter Meijer (R), both candidates scored 36 percent, with another 28 percent of respondents undecided.  

And in a head-to-head with Republican former Detroit police chief James Craig, Slotkin is behind Craig by two points, with 36 percent to 38 percent — but that slim difference is notably within the poll’s margin of error. Another 27 percent were undecided.  

"All three are essentially a toss-up,” pollster Richard Czuba said in The Detroit News’s release.

Candidates are vying for the upper-chamber slot in the closely-watched race after Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) announced last year that she wouldn’t run for reelection in 2024. 

Slotkin, a third-term House lawmaker, is leading the Democratic primary field for the seat, with recent polling showing her up 38 points over her closest competitor in the party.  

She’s considered the favorite to get the Democratic nod, but others in the running include actor Hill Harper, former state Rep. Leslie Love and businessman Nasser Beydoun. 

The survey was conducted Jan. 2-6 among 600 likely Michigan voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.