With control of the U.S. Senate on the line in Tuesday’s midterm elections, the eyes of the nation have been fixed on Michigan, where Democratic former public health administrator Abdul El-Sayed faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers. Sports figures who took interest in the race donated almost exclusively in support of Rogers.
Rogers and supportive PACs received donations from at least 10 principal owners of major American sports teams, according to a Front Office Sports analysis of FEC records. El-Sayed’s campaign received little support from owners, but it did earn contributions from two notable sports figures: San Diego Padres pitcher Lucas
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