2010 Cuyahoga County executive election

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2010 Cuyahoga County executive election
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November 2, 2010 2014  
Turnout44.2% [1]
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Candidate Ed FitzGerald Matt Dolan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote188,475133,646
Percentage45.7%30.3%

 
CandidateKen Lanci Tim McCormack
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote47,11033,760
Percentage11.4%8.2%

2010 Cuyahoga County executive election results map by municipality.svg
Results by municipality
FitzGerald:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Dolan:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Executive before election

Office established

Elected Executive

Ed FitzGerald
Democratic

The 2010 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This was the first held under the newly ratified Charter of Cuyahoga County, which replaced Cuyahoga's 200 year old Board of County Commissioners with an executive and legislature, establishing the office of County Executive. [2]

Contents

The Democrats nominated the mayor of Lakewood Ed FitzGerald, while the Republicans nominated former Ohio State Representative Matt Dolan. [3] This was the only Cuyahoga County executive election to date with more than two candidates on the ballot, with the Green Party nominating architect David H. Ellison, [4] and businessmen Ken Lanci and Don Scipione as well as former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim McCormack running as independents. [5] [6] [7]

FitzGerald defeated Dolan by approximately 50,000 votes with 45.7% of the vote to Dolan's 30.3%, making it the closest County Executive election in Cuyahoga's history, and the only to be won by a plurality of the vote. [8]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed FitzGerald 50,012 48.66%
Democratic Terri Hamilton Brown33,49632.59%
Democratic Dianna Lynn Hill14,05713.68%
Democratic James F. Brown5,2055.06%
Total votes102,770 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Paul Casey, high school wrestling coach [15]
  • Victor S. Voinovich Sr., real estate broker [16]

Primary results

Republican primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Dolan 33,174 68.29%
Republican Victor S. Voinovich Sr.9,36319.27%
Republican Paul Casey6,04412.44%
Total votes48,581 100.0%

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • David H. Ellison, architect [17]

Primary results

Green Party primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green David H. Ellison 420 100.0%
Total votes420 100.0%

Independents

Candidates

General election

Results

2010 Cuyahoga County executive election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed FitzGerald 188,475 45.73%
Republican Matt Dolan 124,71930.26%
Independent Ken Lanci47,11011.43%
Independent Tim McCormack 33,7608.19%
Independent Don Scipione11,8972.89%
Green David H. Ellison6,1931.50%
Total votes412,154 100.0%
Democratic win (new seat)

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