By AP
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land says she won't run for governor in 2010 and is backing Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard for the job.
Land, a Republican from the Grand Rapids area, has been secretary of state since 2003. She can't run again in 2010 because of term limits.
Earlier in the year, she filed paperwork setting up an exploratory committee for governor.
Land said Thursday that Bouchard, a former state senator, has the legislative experience necessary to serve as governor at this time.