New York Attorney General election, 2010
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The New York Attorney General election of 2010 took place on 2 November 2010. Democratic State Senator Eric Schneiderman beat his Republican opponent Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. to win the post of New York State Attorney General, which had been vacated by Andrew Cuomo following his run for Governor.[1]
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Richard Brodsky, State Assemblyman
- Sean Coffey, former Assistant United States Attorney
- Eric R. Dinallo, former New York Superintendent of Insurance
- Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney
- Eric Schneiderman, State Senator
Results
Democratic primary results[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Eric Schneiderman | 227,203 | 34.36% | ||
Democratic | Kathleen Rice | 210,726 | 31.87% | ||
Democratic | Sean Coffey | 108,185 | 16.36% | ||
Democratic | Richard L. Brodsky | 65,683 | 9.93% | ||
Democratic | Eric R. Dinallo | 49,499 | 7.49% | ||
Majority | 16,477 | 2.49% | {{{change}}} | ||
Turnout | 661,296 | 12.53% | {{{change}}} |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Robert Antonacci, Onondaga County Comptroller
- Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Richmond County District Attorney
Results
Republican Convention results | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | ' | 59.79 | |
Republican | Robert Antonacci | 40.21 |
Independence Party
- Stephen Lynch, attorney
Freedom Party
- Ramon J. Jimenez
Libertarian Party
- Carl Person, attorney
General election
Results
General election results [3] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Eric Schneiderman | 2,478,659 | 55.78 | |
Republican | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | 1,910,361 | 43.20 | |
Libertarian | Carl Person | 36,488 | 0.82 | |
Freedom Party of New York | Ramon J. Jimenez | 18,021 | 0.41 | |
Total votes | 4,443,529 | 100.0 |
References
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Preceded by | New York Attorney General election 2010 |
Succeeded by 2014 |