A2: Governor’s Race

The Detroit Free Press reports that a new EPIC/MRA poll shows Rick Snyder of Ann Arbor, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, with a 51% to 29% lead over Democratic candidate Virg Bernero: “The poll shows a steep climb for Bernero, whose populist pitch pitting the fortunes of Wall Street against the economically stressed middle class must overcome Snyder’s catchy campaign as a political outsider who’d bring his business success to government. Independents favored Snyder 50%-15%, with 35% undecided. Snyder leads by more than a 2-1 margin outside Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and by 12 percentage points in the three metro Detroit counties.” [Source]