6/12/13 - Congressman Mike Rogers says he will announce on Friday whether he's running for U.S. Senate next year. Speaking to the National Journal, the Howell Republican only said he would have an announcement on Friday, but would not confirm speculation that he has decided not to run. While many GOP leaders have urged Rogers, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, to seek the seat that will open up with the retirement of Democrat Carl Levin, others have posited that he would be unlikely to do so considering his national spotlight on intelligence issues and the gamble inherent in surrendering a safe House seat. Adding to the speculation that he is not inclined to run is a statement from his brother, State Representative Bill Rogers, who told the National Journal last week that his brother said he was in the position he wanted and was comfortable there. Rogers was expected to announce last month whether he would run, but delayed the announcement citing the Boston Marathon bombings and events in North Korea and Syria. So far the only declared candidate for the GOP nomination is former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a longtime Rogersâ ally, who said Rogers wished her well when she told him she was running. Land said if Rogers had any reservations about her candidacy, he would have told her. (JK)
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