Mortimer is from Jackson County.
Bisbee is from Jackson City.
DeWeese is from Williamson(just outside the district), but moved to Eaton Rapids where he is a practicing doctor.(so he has roots here)
Gene DeRossett is from Manchester in rural Washtenaw County. (Ann Arbor and Ypsi is not in the district)
Anne Norlander is the Calhoun County Clerk.(Schauer's area)
Undeclared candidates
Joe Schwarz - Former State senator from Battle Creek(Calhoun) and ran against Posthumus in 2002.
Frank Fitzgerald - Former state rep from Grand Ledge in Eaton County.
Tim Walberg - Former state rep. I don't know who he is.
No dems have announced, but I think Schauer is going for it. Mortimer went one on one against Schauer in the 2002 state senate race(Most of Jackson and all of Calhoun County) and unfortunatly lost. Schauer is a weasel, but he's tough to beat.
By the numbers Eaton County - 49272 voters - Bush won by 1592, 50%(Granholm won it)
Jackson County - 61946 - Bush won by 3906 - 52%
Calhoun County - 55080 - Gore won by 1021 - 50%
Branch County - 15783 - Bush won by 2052 - 55%
Hillsdale County - 17473 - Bush won by 3988 - 60%
Lenawaee County - 40093 - Bush by 2316(dem state rep) - 52%
Washtenaw County(approx) - 42548 - Bush by 2214 - 51% (The real bad areas are in Dingell's district - only dem areas here are Scio(Next to Ann Arbor) and Sylvan townships(maybe).)
Bush won the district by about 15047 votes. This is not a gimmee, especially since Schauer has a 'moderate image', a lot of money, and is a ruthless campaigner, combined with a major GOP primary. I saw his commercials on Lansing TV(30 miles from Jackson) almost as often as the Mike Rogers ads. This was for state senate, not congress.