From the Examiner:

With state Attorney General Mike Cox term-limited, Flint Township Democrat David Leyton and Midland Republican Bill Schuette are running to succeed him in the Nov. 2 election, offering contrasting priorities to the voters.

Leyton, who is Genesee County prosecutor, wants to provide leadership to persuade the legislature and governor to make public safety the top priority. He also wants to focus on consumer and environmental protection, and crack down on Medicaid fraud and public corruption. Leyton would end Cox’s federal lawsuits to stop health care reform and support the racist Arizona immigration law, while continuing the lawsuit to close the Chicago shipping canal to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. He would issue legal opinions to clarify gray areas in the state’s medical marijuana law.

Schuette, a former state Court of Appeals judge and congressman, wants to keep prisons open and felons jailed longer, while continuing all three of Cox’s federal lawsuits. A leader in the failed attempt to defeat Proposal 1, which legalized medical marijuana in 2008 and won by a 63 to 37 percent landslide margin, he remains opposed to medical marijuana.

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