Minnesota attorney general election, 2010
Minnesota attorney general, 2010
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The 2010 Minnesota attorney general election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the next Minnesota Attorney General, who will serve a four-year term to begin in January 2011. The primary elections were held August 10, 2010. Incumbent Attorney General Lori Swanson of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party won re-election after her first term in office.[1]
Candidates
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Incumbent Lori Swanson won endorsement at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention. She faced only token opposition in her party's primary from Leo F. Meyer,[2] and easily won her party's nomination in the August 10, 2010 primary.[3]
Republican
Edina attorney and psychologist Christopher Barden earned the endorsement of the Republican party at its state convention. He was challenged in his party primary by Sharon Anderson, a perennial candidate who won her party's endorsement for Attorney General in 1994.[4] In the August 10, 2010 primary, Barden earned 54 percent of the vote to defeat Anderson and earn his party's nomination.[5]
Independence Party
Activist Bill Dahn, who has no formal legal education, is the only candidate seeking the office of Attorney General as a member of the Independence Party[6]
The Resource Party
Activist David J. Hoch is contesting the election for The Resource Party.[7]
Results
2010 Minnesota Attorney General election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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DFL |
Lori Swanson |
1,075,552 |
52.90% |
-0.34% |
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Republican |
Chris Barden |
839,049 |
41.27% |
+0.55% |
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Independence |
Bill Dahn |
102,871 |
5.06% |
+1.01% |
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The Resource Party |
David J. Hoch |
14,040 |
0.69% |
N/A |
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Write-ins |
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1,613 |
0.08% |
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Majority |
236,503 |
11.63% |
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DFL hold |
Swing |
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Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election.
References
External links
- Official campaign websites