Minnesota Attorney General election, 2010

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Minnesota Attorney General election, 2010
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Nominee Lori Swanson Chris Barden Bill Dahn
Party DFL Republican Independence
Popular vote1,075,536839,033102,865
Percentage52.90%41.27%5.06%
Minnesota Attorney General election, 2010 results by county.svg
County Results:


Swanson:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%
Barden:     40–50%     50–60%

Contents


Attorney General before election

Lori Swanson
DFL

Elected Attorney General

Lori Swanson
DFL

The 2010 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. Primary elections were held on August 10, 2010. Incumbent Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won reelection to a second term.

Lori Swanson American politician

Lori Swanson is an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of Minnesota from 2007 to 2019. She was the first female Attorney General elected in Minnesota. In 2018, she ran for Governor of Minnesota with running mate U.S. Representative Rick Nolan finishing in third place in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Political party in Minnesota, United States

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is a center-left political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the U.S. Democratic Party. Formed by a merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the left-wing Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party in 1944, the DFL is one of only two state Democratic party affiliates of a different name.

Candidates

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Incumbent Lori Swanson won endorsement at the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) convention. She faced only token opposition in her party's primary from Leo F. Meyer, and easily won her party's nomination in the August 10 primary. [1]

Republican Party

Edina attorney and psychologist Chris Barden earned the endorsement of the Republican Party of Minnesota at its state convention. He was challenged in his party's primary by Sharon Anderson, a perennial candidate who won her party's endorsement for Attorney General in 1994. In the August 10 primary, Barden earned 54% of the vote to defeat Anderson and earn his party's nomination. [1]

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Independence Party

Activist Bill Dahn, who has no formal legal education, was the only candidate seeking the office of Attorney General as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota. [1]

Independence Party of Minnesota political party in Minnesota

The Independence Party of Minnesota, formerly the Reform Party of Minnesota, is a political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was the party of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (1999–2003).

Resource Party

Activist David J. Hoch ran in the election for the Resource Party.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes
#%
Lori Swanson Democratic–Farmer–Labor 1,075,53652.90
Chris Barden Republican 839,03341.27
Bill Dahn Independence 102,8655.06
David J. HochResource Party14,0400.69
Write-in —1,6130.08
Total2,033,087100.00
Valid votes2,033,08795.75
Blank votes90,2824.25
Turnout [2] 2,123,36955.81
Eligible voters [2] 3,804,746

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statewide Results for Attorney General". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2012 (PDF)". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Statewide Results for Attorney General". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
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