Schauer Reveals Voting Republican

Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer says he voted in a Republican primary in 2012 to help decide that party’s presidential nominee. Schauer told reporters yesterday that he voted in the Republican primary two years ago because there was nobody to vote for on the Democratic side, since President Barack Obama was unopposed, and Schauer says he tries not to miss any elections. He would not say who he voted for in the Republican primary. The former congressman says he doesn’t encourage crossover voting, but he thinks it’s up to every individual voter to decide. The Michigan Republican Party is criticizing Schauer’s cross-over vote because earlier this year he discouraged a group of Democratic supporters from participating in the 11th Congressional District Republican primary.