Slotkin Projected To Win MI's US Senate Seat: AP

MICHIGAN — Democrat Elissa Slotkin has won Michigan's open senate seat, according to unofficial vote totals.

The Associated Press called the race Wednesday afternoon just after 3 p.m. when Slotkin secured 48.6 percent of the vote over Republican Mike Rogers, according to unofficial vote totals.

Slotkin's razor thin victory was by just 18,412 votes, making it one of Michigan's closet Senate races ever, according to unofficial vote totals.

The race was initially listed as a toss-up and was one of the closest watched senate races across the nation.

The senate seat became available after longtime Democrat Debbie Stabenow decided not to seek reelection. Stabenow was first elected to the Senate in 2000 and won re-election three times.

Here are the latest results as of 3:44 p.m. which Patch will update throughout the night. Be sure to refresh this page for the latest:

• Democrat Elissa Slotkin 2,690,050 (48.6 percent)
• Republican Mike Rogers 2,671,638 (48.3 percent)
• Libertarian Joseph Solis-Mullen 56,539
• Green Douglas P. Marsh 53,838
• U.S. Taxpayers Dave Stein 41,283

Precincts reporting: 99 percent

Slotkin, 48, and a Holly Democrat, currently serves as Michigan's U.S. Representative for the 7th District, which includes all of Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee and Clinton counties, and areas of Eaton, Genesee and Oakland counties. She was elected in 2018.

One of her top priorities in the campaign is addressing the "over-the-top" costs of child care, education, housing, health care and prescription drugs, backing an "opportunity agenda" to address disparities in those arenas.

Before politics, Slotkin was recruited by the CIA to be a Middle East analyst, and within a year she was sent on the first of three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military, according to her campaign website.