From TheStateNews.com:

Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry announced Tuesday he will no longer be running as a candidate for governor in 2010.
Cherry said in a statement Tuesday that he was unable to obtain funding to “make my candidacy viable.” Current Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is term-limited in 2010.

“I was not successful (in raising funds) to the degree that was needed,” Cherry said in a statement. “With that in mind, I have come to the conclusion that to wage a successful campaign will be difficult at best.”

A mid-December poll by Rasmussen found that Cherry trailed three Republican opponents — U.S. Rep Peter Hoekstra of Holland, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox — in head-to-head races among the 500 likely voters polled.

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