New York attorney general election, 2010

New York attorney general election, 2010

The New York attorney general election of 2010 took place on 2 November 2010. Democratic state senator Eric Schneiderman beat his Republican opponent Dan Donovan to win the post of New York State Attorney General, which had been vacated by Andrew Cuomo following his run for Governor.[1]

Contents

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

  • Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Staten Island District Attorney

Independence Party

  • Stephen Lynch, Long Island attorney

Libertarian Party

  • Carl E. Person, attorney

Primary results

Democratic

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Eric T. 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%
Totals 661,296 100%

Republican

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Dan Donovan Unopposed 100.0%

General election

General election results [3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Eric T. Schneiderman 2,478,659 55.78%
Republican Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. 1,910,361 42.99%
Libertarian Carl E. Person 36,488 0.82%
Freedom Party of New York Ramon J. Jimenez 18,021 0.41%
Totals 4,443,529 100.0%

References

External links

Preceded by
2006
New York attorney general election
2010
Succeeded by
2014



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