Bernero takes the primaries in landslide vote

Pro-gay Lansing mayor to face GOP9S Rick 'The Nerd9 Snyder in Nov. 2 election

LANSING - Lansing Mayor Virg Bemero, who was most gay groups' top pick for the Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan, soared to a win in the Aug. 3 primaries, garnering 59 percent of the vote to opponent Andy Dillon's 41 percent.

The Republican win went to Ann Arbor businessman and former Gateway President Rick Snyder. The self-described "tough nerd" secured 37 percent of the his party's vote; U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra had 27 percent and Attorney General Mike Cox had 23 percent.

Republican voters outnumbered Democrats 2-1.

Bemero received endorsements from Between The Lines, …