Why Haley Stevens Endorsed Mike Rogers

Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Sarah Isgur, and Mike Warren to discuss Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Mike Rogers and whether this will affect the race for a Michigan Senate seat for Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Agenda: —Endorsing Mike Rogers —Will this change election results? —What Abdul El-Sayed did wrong —Mary Peltola’s ballot scheme —When will we know results? —NWYT: Predictions Show notes: Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source Steve Hayes is CEO and editor of The Dispatch, based in Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to co-founding the company in 2019, he worked at The Weekly Standard for 18 years, covering Washington, politics, and national security. Steve is the author of two New York Times bestsellers. He also worked as a contributor at CNN and Fox News, and currently serves as a political analyst at NBC News. When Steve is not focused on The Dispatch, he’s probably traveling with his family, grilling, or riding his mountain bike. Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things. Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. She’s also an ABC News contributor and the New York Times bestselling author of Last Branch Standing, a deep dive into the inner workings of the Supreme Court. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals. Michael Warren is politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. A former on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at The Weekly Standard, he has spent more than 15 years covering lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the White House and the executive branch, the conservative movement, and political campaigns. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons. The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. Steve Hayes 0:00 [upbeat music] Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast. I'm your host, Steve Hayes. On today's roundtable, we discuss Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens' decision to endorse Republican candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan over fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, only three days out from election day. Will this affect tomorrow night's results? What pushed Stevens to endorse Rogers? And then we look at the Ala- Alaska Senate race between Mary Peltola and Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, and discuss the Democrats' scheme to put another Dan Sullivan on the Alaska ballot to confuse voters, and the Trump administration's legal challenge against it. Finally, for Not Worth Your Time, some predictions about tomorrow night's results. I'm joined today by Dispatch Editor-in-Chief Jonah Goldberg, Dispatch Politics Editor Mike Warren, and Advisory Opinions Host and SCOTUSblog Editor Sarah Isgur. Let's dive right in. [upbeat music] Welcome, everybody. This was Steve Hayes 1:16 an eventful Steve Hayes 1:18 pre-midterms weekend, um, with a number of stories. I mean, I, I feel like we could go down the top 10 stories of the weekend, the long weekend, and the 10th story is crazy. But we're gonna focus on two primarily, uh, that could have some effect on the control of the United States Senate. Mike Warren, I will start with you. There was drama in the Michigan Senate race this weekend. Can you give us, [chuckles] can you give us... I-- Don't try to summarize the whole thing because that would take up our entire hour, but give us a, a, a, a su- a general summary of what happened and where things stand right now. Mike Warren 2:09 I feel like if I, if I really gave you the full summary, it would be like explaining several seasons of reality show drama to somebody who has never seen whatever TV show, the Kardashians or whatever, and like- Interactive transcripts are available to Premium members. Join to follow along with the audio. Join Now More We Think You’d Like