Former Florida mayor and Battle Creek native running for Michigan governor

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Former Cape Coral, Florida mayor Marni Sawicki is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in Michigan.

The 55-year-old Battle Creek native filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office for the run after moving back to Michigan in 2021 when she became the general manager for Crossroads Mall in Portage.

Sawicki is now the regional asset manager for Summit Properties USA, which oversees Crossroads, along with Birchwood, Fashion Square, Lansing, Northwoods, and Westwood malls in Michigan.

She served just one term as Cape Coral’s mayor.