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The Maryland Attorney General election of 2010 was held on 2 November 2010. Incumbent Attorney General Douglas Gansler encountered no official candidates in his bid for a second term.
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The Maryland Attorney General election of 2010 was held on 2 November 2010. Incumbent Attorney General Douglas Gansler encountered no official candidates in his bid for a second term.
Douglas F. Gansler is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler previously served as the State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland from 1999 to 2007. He won nomination in the state Democratic primary election for Attorney General and defeated Republican candidate Scott Rolle in the 2006 general election, taking 61% of the vote. He was re-elected unopposed in the 2010 election. Gansler lost the Democratic Primary race for Governor of Maryland on June 24, 2014 to Anthony G. Brown.
The Attorney General of the State of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have resided and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Doug Gansler | 376,483 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 376,483 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Doug Gansler | 1,349,962 | 98.18% | +37.19% | |
| Write-ins | 25,033 | 1.82% | |||
| Majority | 1,324,929 | 96.36% | +74.26% | ||
| Turnout | 1,374,995 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American politician and attorney who served as the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. He previously served as Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007, and was a councilman from the Third Council District in the northeast section of the city on the Baltimore City Council from 1991 to 1999.
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