2010 New York Attorney General election

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2010 New York Attorney General election
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  2006 November 2, 2010 2014  
  Schneiderman (cropped).jpg Dan Donovan official photo.jpg
Nominee Eric Schneiderman Dan Donovan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,478,6591,910,361
Percentage55.8%43.2%

2010 New York Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Schneiderman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
     70–80%     80–90%
Donovan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Andrew Cuomo
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Eric Schneiderman
Democratic

The New York Attorney General election of 2010 took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic nominee Eric Schneiderman defeated Republican nominee Dan Donovan. Previous Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo vacated the office following his run for governor. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2] [ dead link ]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eric Schneiderman 227,203 34.36%
Democratic Kathleen Rice210,72631.87%
Democratic Sean Coffey108,18516.36%
Democratic Richard L. Brodsky65,6839.93%
Democratic Eric R. Dinallo49,4997.49%
Majority16,4772.49%
Turnout 661,29612.53%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Convention results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. 59.79%
Republican Robert Antonacci40.21%

Independence Party

Freedom Party

Libertarian Party

General election

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eric Schneiderman 2,478,659 55.78%
Republican Dan Donovan 1,910,36143.20%
Libertarian Carl Person 36,4880.82%
Freedom Ramon J. Jimenez18,0210.41%
Total votes4,443,529 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. New York Democrat Eric Schneiderman Wins Race for State Attorney General - Bloomberg, November 3, 2010
  2. "2010 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov.
  3. "2010 Attorney General Election Results" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov.
Preceded by
2006
New York Attorney General election
2010
Succeeded by
2014