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5 takeaways from the Michigan Senate debate

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Elissa Slotkin (D) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) clashed over foreign policy, manufacturing and immigration during their first debate Tuesday .

The race for the upper-chamber seat, held by Sen. Debbie Stabenow , is one of just three Senate races rated “toss ups” by the Cook Political Report .

Slotkin was a CIA analyst during three tours alongside the U.S. military in Iraq .

Rogers represented the state’s 8th Congressional District for over a decade, but he reportedly moved to Florida and registered to vote there after leaving Capitol Hill .

The Democrat stressed that Michigan is “very purple,” amping up the pressure to work across the aisle.