Representative Bill Huizenga (R., Mich.) will headline a regional GOP fundraising dinner alongside 2026 gubernatorial candidates and a handful of other elected Republicans in Mackinaw County, Mich., on June 7, he confirmed to National Review, raising speculation that he may run for retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters’s seat in 2026.

“I continue to be encouraged to run and am flattered,” Huizenga, Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told NR via text message. “They called and I accepted the invitation to join Congressman Bergman and a number of my State Legislative friends.”

If Huizenga runs, he will face a tough primary in declared 2026 Senate candidate Mike Rogers, the former House Intelligence Chairman who narrowly lost to the state’s now-junior Senator Elissa Slotkin in the 2024 cycle. Rogers has already secured 2026 Senate endorsements from National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Tim Scott as well as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, though President Donald Trump has yet to pick a favorite in the contest.

Flipping this seat back to Republican control in 2026 will be tough. While Michigan went red at the presidential level in 2024, Rogers narrowly lost his Senate race last cycle and midterm elections typically hurt the party in power. Whoever wins the Democratic nomination is expected to be very well-funded in the general election.