A2: Governor’s Race

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The Detroit News reports on Rick Snyder’s Tuesday launch of a five-day statewide tour, during which the Ann Arbor businessman is expected to officially announce his GOP candidacy for governor. The article quotes Bernie Porn of EPIC/MRA, which conducted a late May poll showing that Snyder’s name didn’t register with voters: ”Because he has not held any elective office that would give him name recognition, there’s only one way he can get it and that’s to open his checkbook and buy it. He can do (media events) by traveling around the state, but at some point to get known he has to invest money in a strategic way.” [Source]