Today, a new report revealed Republican Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers demolished his White Lake Township home—without ever actually having lived in it. This comes in the midst of continued coverage of Rogers’ carpetbagging, as he still owns a mansion, and is registered to vote, in Florida.
“Florida-Man Mike Rogers is doing everything he can to avoid actually living in Michigan,” said Jonas Edwards-Jenks, Communications Director of End Citizens United // Let America Vote. “Rogers is clearly hoping to sweep back into Michigan and buy himself a Senate seat—in addition to a second home. Michigan families are ready to send him packing back to Florida, where he is still registered to vote to this day.”
Michigan Advance: A new house is being built for Mr. Rogers in his not-yet-neighborhood
Jon King
05/01/24
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The White Lake Township home owned by GOP former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who’s running for U.S. Senate, has been demolished, with a new home under construction in its place.
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The one-bedroom, 728-square-foot home, purchased by Rogers and his wife, Kristi, for $295,000 in July 2023, became a focus of questions about Rogers residency in January when the Michigan Advance first reported that he had never actually resided at the White Lake property. Instead, Rogers said he was living at his sister-in-law’s Genoa Township house, near Brighton, where he was also registered to vote.
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At the time, Rogers’ campaign provided copies of Oakland County permits to plug an onsite well and install a new one at the home, which had undergone $100,000 in renovations prior to its sale. But as of Tuesday morning, the old house was gone and the cement foundation for a new structure was in its place. […] A sign on the property indicated the construction was being handled by EBI Inc., a home building company owned by Rogers’ brother, Bill Rogers.
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Rogers has been accused by political rivals of being a “carpetbagger” in his pursuit of Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat that will open up with the retirement of Democrat Debbie Stabenow. Although born and raised in Livingston County, which he represented during his six years in the Michigan Senate and 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rogers later moved into a 4,751-square-foot home in Cape Coral, Fla., valued at $1.7 million.
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That home, which he still owns, was his official residence until his decision to run for U.S. Senate last year. It was reported in mid-April that Rogers remained registered to vote at the Cape Coral residence, although his campaign said that officials there had failed to act yet on a form filed by Rogers requesting that his name be removed from the Florida voter rolls.
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However, a check of the online Florida voter database shows he was still listed as an active voter in Lee County as of Wednesday morning.
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