Exclusive | GOP hopeful predicts Dems lefty crazy train will turn Michigan Senate seat red

Former Rep.Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is making another bid for a Michigan Senate seat after narrowly losing in 2024 by 20,000 votes, said Squad member Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is pulling Democrats so far to the left that Republicans have a prime opportunity in November.“The shift in the last few months has been pretty remarkable, and what that should do is terrify every Michigander that the state is lurching — the Democrat Party that is — has lurched so far to the left,” he told The Post in an interview.“I mean, the crazy train has come to Michigan, and AOC is the engineer, and I think Bernie Sanders is shoveling the coal in.

It’s crazy.”He spoke Friday, days before two Democrats face off Tuesday in one of the nation’s most closely watched primary races of the election cycle — drawing Ocasio-Cortez and and fellow lefty Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to rallies across the state.

The winner will take on Rogers, who is running unopposed in the Republican primary.The Democratic contest pits establishment favorite Rep.Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) against progressive public health expert Abul El-Sayed, whose campaign has been boosted by endorsements from Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders.

El-Sayed is considered the darling of democratic socialists, although he doesn’t call himself a member of the Democratic Socialists of America that has scored notable victories.Stevens, meanwhile, has the backing of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), retiring Sen.

Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and millions of dollars in outside spending, including support from AIPAC-aligned groups.Outside groups have poured $60 million into the state, according to OpenSecrets data.

Recent polling suggests El-Sayed has the momentum.He holds a 10-point lead in the RealClearPolitics polling average, while a new Emerson College survey released Thursday found him leading Stevens 54% to 39%.An earlier Michigan Education Association poll found Rogers defeating El-Sayed by 10 percenta...