Mike Rogers: “I won my first race when I ran for Congress. It was a…”

“I mean, I think people, it shows you who you are in Michigan, that people were very independent. We'll switch votes. And they always had this comfort level. Matter of fact, I won my first race when I ran for Congress. It was a Democrat seat, candidly a Democrat year in Michigan. Debbie Stabenow won that seat, Al Gore won that seat, and I won that seat by 111 votes. Right. So people were back and forth on the ballot.” (09:46–09:54)

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