WHITE LAKE, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens said she has no regrets about voting for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan as he defended her against the vicious attacks from members of her own party.

Stevens said it was “worth” voting a split ticket, supporting Democrats down the ballot except for Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race.

“Voting is always worth it,” she told News Nation as she went into her polling place to cast her ballot. 

And she expressed confidence her party would win the House majority on Tuesday, saying she’s already spoken to Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

“It’s the people’s day. And I’ve told this to our next speaker of the House, Hakeem Jeffries: It’s majority-makers day,” she said.

Democrats en masse disavowed Stevens for voting against El Sayed, whom she previously endorsed after losing to him in the contentious August primary by one point.

Several of them called on her to be thrown out of the party, said her political future was finished, and alleged she had been influenced by pressure from her Jewish fiancé, Jason Turkish, into supporting Rogers.

But Rogers defended her, calling her courageous and slamming the vitriol hurled her way.

“I’m disappointed in how vicious they’ve been,” Rogers told reporters at his polling place at St. Patrick Catholic Church in his congressional district. 

“But I think that speaks to who the modern Democrat Party is. Here’s somebody who said, ‘I voted Democrat all the way down the list, except for one person who I think is too extreme for our state.’ That’s country over party. They ought to celebrate her courage and encourage her to continue to being a Democrat rather than trying to throw her out of the party, I mean, I’ve never seen such viciousness online.”

Rogers said El-Sayed, who is part of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, is too extreme for Michigan. Several Democrats in the state have said they’ll be voting on a “split ticket,” supporting their party except in the Senate race.

“She was just a part of multiple Democrats who have come out and said Abdul El-Sayed is too extreme for this state. That part didn’t get covered much, but I think she was obviously the highest profile, and took a lot of courage for her to do that,” Rogers said. 

“I’m proud of her for doing what she believed was the right thing to do.”

El-Sayed cast his ballot in early voting. Michigan is one of the few Senate races this cycle that Republicans believe they can flip from blue to red, making the contest one of the most watched in the nation.

The race has been marred by explosive character attacks, identity politics, and an unprecedented level of negative advertising.

As Rogers cast his ballot, across the street was a giant balloon figure of Jeffrey Epstein, standing over 10 feet tall, holding a sign reading “Mike Rogers bankrolled Epstein class.”

Mailers in the state have contained personal attacks and stoked racial politics. A group supporting El-Sayed aired a controversial TV ad claiming the high cost of groceries was the result of Israel. 

Rogers on Tuesday reminded voters of El-Sayed’s stance. 

“They understand the risk of having the Democrat Socialists of America have their first statewide candidate going into the United States Senate,” he said.

El Sayed said he’s not a DSA member, but his policies very much align, including Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, ending military aid to Israel and dramatically taxing the rich.

President Trump has weighed in, calling El-Sayed a “jihadist” and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, while Vice President JD Vance called him a “psychopath.”

After Stevens endorsed Rogers, many Democrats came out slamming her and her fiancé. Turkish, a 39-year-old disability lawyer and political fundraiser, is Jewish and disavowed El-Sayed’s rhetoric on Israel that he says makes Jews unsafe. He endorsed Rogers a few days before Stevens did.

Stevens said such talk was sexist.

“Some critics have also dragged my fiancé into this, suggesting he or others must have made my decision for me,” she wrote in a lengthy post on X. “Think about what that says. A woman can serve in Congress, run statewide, and fight for her convictions, and still be told that when she makes a choice people dislike, someone else must be pulling the strings.

“That is sexism dressed up as political analysis.” 

And her mother, Maria Marcotte, defended her, telling The Post: “We’re not the kind of women to be brainwashed.”

The RealClearPolitics voting average has El-Sayed ahead but the polls were conducted before Stevens publicly endorsed Rogers. 

Many voters in the state have already cast their ballot: more than 2.4 million out of nearly 8 million registered voters.