Snyder, who never held public office until he became governor, won the job with a campaign as a "tough nerd" and an outsider. The business community adores him for overhauling the tax system and delivering many cuts for private enterprise. [...] conservative activists are angry about his embrace of the Medicaid expansion in the health care overhaul, Common Core education standards and proposed higher gasoline taxes to improve roads. Snyder also defied fellow Republicans by committing state money to help Detroit emerge from bankruptcy and vetoing GOP gun, abortion and voter ID bills. The Democratic Governors Association has spent nearly $3 million on TV ads to help opponent Mark Schauer, a former one-term congressman. A tea party candidate plans to run against Snyder's running mate, Lt.

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