LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin has been taking a surprising pivot in her Senate campaign – she’s trying to win over some of her GOP rival Mike Rogers’ voters. Her pitch? She’s been sending out a campaign ad showcasing a law she authored that received President Trump’s signature.

It’s not every day you see a Democrat seeking to score points with the MAGA crowd – but it’s something that her campaign has obviously decided is necessary in a tight Michigan senate race that will be decided in just two weeks – or two weeks and one day according to Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson who says the states’s election results should be decided by the end of the day – the day after the election.

Vulnerable Democrats are distancing themselves from Biden-Harris.

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Slotkin’s strategy of distancing herself from progressive Democratic Party policies seems to be one that is being embraced by not just her, but other vulnerable Democrats in tight senate and congressional races across the country as well.

A recent New York Times article discusses Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey distancing himself from Biden-Harris and actually highlighting his support of some of Trump’s policies.

A recent Axios article titled “Endangered Democrats blast Biden, Harris” says “Democrats running in some of the toughest congressional races in the country are becoming less shy about going after President Biden to boost their campaigns.”

National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Will Reinert isn’t buying their so-called change of heart and told Axios, “These highly vulnerable House Democrats will vote for San Francisco liberal Kamala Harris on election day” and added that Harris “isn’t just complicit in Joe Biden’s failures these frauds pretend to dislike, but wants to take America in an even more dangerous direction.”

Slotkin ad talks about coming up with legislation that Trump signed.

Slotkin’s ad, which she posted on her Instagram in August, features her mom, who got cancer and was struggling to pay her bills. In the ad, Slotkin says her mom’s struggle is the reason she has become “obsessed” with lowering drug costs and touts that President Trump signed her bill, titled “Real-Time Benefits Act.” The 2019 bipartisan bill was written to lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs by giving patients and doctors real-time updates on the price of prescription drugs before they leave the doctor’s office.

The Slotkin-Rogers showdown: A battle of the border & EVs.

Slotkin isn’t just highlighting her bipartisan win with the prescription drug bill; she’s also maintaining a strategic distance from Biden-Harris policies, particularly when it comes to the contentious border crisis and electric vehicle mandates. While Slotkin didn’t join in on condemning the administration’s

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handling of the immigration crisis, six other House Democrats in “competitive” districts voted for a resolution, condemning Biden and Harris for their handling of the southern border.

Slotkin dodges EV issue.

With her opponent, former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, hammering Slotkin for supporting the administration’s EV regulations, she has tried to sidestep the controversy, insisting during a debate with Rogers, “I don’t care what kind of car you want to drive, I don’t drive an EV. I live on a dirt road on a farm.”

Slotkin even released an ad about EVs saying, “No one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to mandate anything.”

However, according to the Wall Street Journal, Slotkin voted against overturning an Environmental Protection Agency mandate that auto manufacturers “reduce their fleet emissions so much that EVs must replace even-larger portions of gasoline-burning vehicles.”

Democrats’ new playbook: attack Biden-Harris and find independents and former Trump voters.

Slotkin is doing a delicate dance in Michigan by trying to keep Democrats on her side and at the same time espousing Republican talking points. She is hoping this strategy will resonate with independents and disaffected Trump voters – but can she really win over voters while dodging the policies of her own party’s administration?

Slotkin’s gamble.

Despite Slotkin having a 5-1 spending edge, polls show the Michigan Senate race is deadlocked. Slotkin’s high-risk strategy of courting Republican votes could either clinch victory or backfire. Rogers, meanwhile, slammed her EV ad as deceptive, insisting she can’t rewrite her record on mandates. With voters weary of both parties, the race might hinge on which candidate trips up the least.