Michigan is known as the home of the American auto industry and more recently as a state in despair, hit hard by the recession. It has had the highest unemployment rate in the nation for much of the last four years.
Lansing's Mayor Virg Bernero has been on the front lines of the economic battlefront. And believe it or not, he's itching for more.
Mayor Bernero announced his run for governor live from Detroit on Monday's American Morning.