Michigan's Senate race is taking some twists and turns, with an unexpected endorsement out of the Great Lake's state.

Michigan Farm Bureau’s AgriPac endorsed the Republican Republican ex-Rep. Mike Rogers in a race that is currently seen as a dead heat between Rogers and Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, as Fox News reported.

The state's race for the Senate seat is a particularly significant once, considering that razor thin majority that Democrats have enjoyed in the Senate for the last few years.

From the Race

In an August forum with the bureau, the congresswoman bragged about her farm while competing with Rogers and Slotkin for the major endorsement.

“We grow soy and corn on about 300 acres, little bit less than 300 acres right now,” she said.

But property records show Slotkin’s parcel of land is much smaller. It’s just 10 acres, and aerial images show no corn or soybeans being grown.

Additionally, the records indicate that she continues to claim an agricultural tax credit, despite the fact that she does not do any farming on the premises.

The property-tax exemption that Slotkin recently claimed when she submitted her summer taxes is a result of the home's agricultural zoning.

Criticism for Slotkin

According to her detractors, Slotkin's big endorsement, which Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow received in the previous two election cycles, was due to her embellishments on the family farm.

Since 2006, no Republican candidate for the Michigan Senate has received the endorsement of the agricultural bureau, whose acronym is AgriPac.

“It’s no surprise Elissa Slotkin lost this key endorsement because she was caught lying about being a farmer,” Maggie Abboud, a National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman, told The Post. “Mike Rogers has the momentum in the Michigan Senate race.”

Farm Bureau's Endorsements

In 2024, the agriculture bureau has endorsed 89 candidates in total, with 11 newcomers being Rogers. It supported Donald Trump for president.

In two tight House elections, AgriPac has backed Republican candidates: incumbent Carl Marlinga (who is defending his seat) and former state representative Tom Barrett (who is competing for an open seat against Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr.).

On Tuesday, as he celebrated his support, Rogers pledged to fight for farmers' rights in Washington.

“Michigan farmers are struggling mightily under the current administration with rising input costs and burdensome government regulations, and now for the first time in American history we are importing more food than we export,” he said.

Push for Support

Rogers and the other candidates endorsed by AgriPac were encouraged to spread the word by the organization's members.

“Talk to your neighbors, talk to your friends about getting out the vote for Friends of Agriculture,” said Washtenaw County farmer Mike Fusilier, AgriPac chair.

“And put signs out on your property — that’s one thing Farm Bureau members have most other organizations don’t is land frontage on roads.”