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Michael Rogers

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Michael Rogers is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in AL-03 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American blogger and activist

IncumbentU.S. House — AL-03RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-X5V-DCRP FEC H2AL03032

Running for U.S. House, AL-03, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/michael-rogers

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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  • 2026 · U.S. House, AL-03 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
  • 2024 · U.S. House, AL-03 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
  • 2022 · U.S. House, AL-03 · General · Republican · won · 135,602 votes (71.2%) · incumbent · source
  • 2020 · U.S. House, AL-03 · General · Republican · won · 197,513 votes (71.3%) · source
  • 2018 · U.S. House, AL-03 · General · Republican · won · 144,012 votes (63.6%) · source

Background

Michael Rogers is an American media executive, journalist, fundraiser, blogger and gay rights activist. He is partner and vice chairman of Raw Story Media, Inc., co-owner of Alternet Media, and founder and Director of Netroots Connect.

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He is also known for his work in reporting on closeted gay politicians who are anti-gay. He was the subject of the 2009 American HBO documentary film Outrage.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-13 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rogers_(publisher)

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  • Obama will campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in MichiganRoll Call · Oct 5
  • Poll-sweating GOPers are pouring money into battleground states after grim outlook for both House, SenateNew York Post · Sep 26
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Campaign finance

$2,451,824total raised (2026 cycle)
$1,709,962total spent (2026 cycle)
$2,664,197cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-13 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rogers_(publisher)
  • Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2AL03032/
  • photo_gallery — https://www.mikerogersforcongress.com/
  • photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/

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