BY RICK PLUTA
Michigan Public Radio Network
The field seems cleared for two sons of Battle Creek to face each other in the 2014 race for Michigan governor. Former Congressman Mark Schauer filed papers Tuesday to run as a Democrat.
Other Democrats explored the possibility and dropped back in favor of Schauer, whose political career spans from the Battle Creek City Commission, to the state Legislature and Congress.
Schauer served one term in Washington representing the Battle Creek area before he was unseated in a 2011 rematch with Republican Congressman Tim Walberg. Since then, Schauer has worked for union and environmental projects. He was one of the thousands of protestors who demonstrated last December at the state Capitol against a Right to Work law as it was adopted by the Legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder is a native of Battle Creek who now lives in Ann Arbor. Snyder has indicated he intends to seek a second term, and is expected to formally announce later this year or early in 2014.
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