SCOOP: Rep. Huizenga “seriously considering” Senate bid

THE LOWDOWN:

• Rep. Bill Huizenga (R., Mich.) is “seriously considering” a Senate bid, he told a group of supporters and journalists in D.C.

• Huizenga’s meeting was put together by Saul Anuzis — a former Michigan GOP Chair. Anuzis told the Washington Reporter that “Huizenga is a credible candidate,” but that “Michigan Republicans have an embarrassment of riches with [former Rep. Mike] Rogers and Huizenga as potential nominees.”

• While Rogers, the GOP’s 2024 Senate nominee — who narrowly lost to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) — is racking up support, Huizenga has repeatedly said that that won’t prove determinative for him.

• For years, Republicans in Michigan have come up just short in statewide races — and that is a factor that primary voters will have to contend with this go-around, Anuzis said.

Rep. Bill Huizenga (R., Mich.) is “seriously considering” a Senate bid, he told a group of supporters and journalists in D.C.

Huizenga’s deliberations come as the 2026 Senate map is rapidly forming.

Huizenga’s meeting was put together by Saul Anuzis — a former Michigan GOP Chair.

Anuzis told the Washington Reporter that “Huizenga is a credible candidate,” but that “Michigan Republicans have an embarrassment of riches with [former Rep. Mike] Rogers and Huizenga as potential nominees.”

While Rogers, the GOP’s 2024 Senate nominee — who narrowly lost to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) — is racking up support, Huizenga has repeatedly said that that won’t prove determinative for him.

Huizenga said that the White House hasn’t told him to stand down.

“Bill explained that he has had several conversations with Donald Trump about the race and made it clear he hasn’t received a red or even a yellow light from the president himself on moving ahead,” one Michigan GOP activist who was in the room told the Reporter.

“Bill also walked through what he sees as his path to victory,” the attendee said, noting that Rogers narrowly lost statewide while Trump won Michigan last go-around.

For years, Republicans in Michigan have come up just short in statewide races — and that is a factor that primary voters will have to contend with this go-around, Anuzis said.

“If Huizenga jumps in he's going to have to make the case of why him over Rogers,” he said. “Michigan Republicans want to win and electability will be a major factor.”

But, Anuzis thinks that the primary wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing. “The only fear of a primary is that it will serve as a distraction to winning the general.”