Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers, a Republican who has represented Alabama's 3rd congressional district since 2003 and chairs the House Armed Services Committee, faces Democrat Lee McInnis, a retired Defense Intelligence Agency employee, in 2026.
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- Born
- July 16, 1958
- Education
- Saks High School (1976)
Jacksonville State University (Bachelor of Arts in political science)
Jacksonville State University (Master of Public Administration)
Birmingham School of Law (Juris Doctor)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Mike Rogers, whose full name is Michael Dennis Rogers, was born on July 16, 1958, and is a sixth-generation resident of Calhoun County in East Alabama. After graduating from Saks High School in 1976, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Public Administration from Jacksonville State University. He later received his Juris Doctor from the Birmingham School of Law. His wife, Beth, is a Calhoun County District Court judge.
Career
Mike Rogers entered public office at age 28, when he became the youngest person to join the Calhoun County Commission, on which he served from 1987 to 1990. He won a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1994 and became minority leader during his second term.
In 2002, after U.S. Representative Bob Riley was elected governor of Alabama and left the 3rd district seat vacant, Rogers won the Republican nomination and defeated Democrat Joe Turnham Jr. by 50% to 48% in the general election.
In the House, Rogers served as ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2019 to 2021 and as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee from 2021 to 2023, and he now chairs the Armed Services Committee.
In 2017 he worked with Representative Jim Cooper on a proposal to establish a Space Corps under the Department of the Air Force, and a bill with very similar language was signed into law two years later to create the United States Space Force.
As chair in the 119th Congress, he is ex officio a member of all the committee's subcommittees.
2026 race
Mike Rogers is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for Alabama's 3rd congressional district, which is based in eastern Alabama and takes in Anniston, Auburn, Gadsden and Talladega. Rogers, the incumbent, was re-elected unopposed in 2024. He won the 2026 Republican primary with 83.2% of the vote against author Terri LaPoint, who received 16.8%. In the November 3, 2026, general election he faces Democrat Lee McInnis, a retired Defense Intelligence Agency employee.