Michigan’s 2014 gubernatorial election pits incumbent Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) against Democrat Mark Schauer.
Snyder is running on his record, pushing the number of jobs created in Michigan during his first term in office, while Schauer is focusing on Michigan’s 2012 Right-to-Work law and is promising to repeal the legislation if elected.
Although he’s the incumbent, Snyder had no previous political experience before becoming governor in 2010.
The University of Michigan graduate worked as a lawyer, company president, and venture capitalist before winning his first bid for elected office.
On the other hand, Schauer was elected as Battle Creek, Michigan’s state representative in 1996, and after serving three terms, he was elected to the state senate in 2002 before representing Hillsdale County as a representative in Congress from 2009 to 2010.
According to the most recent RealClearPolitics Average, an aggregate poll that averages multiple polls taken on the same political race, Snyder is leading Schauer by one point.
Rasmussen Reports has Synder up by as many as three points, while EPIC-MRA has Schauer up by two points.