The 2010 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the

Minnesota Attorney General The attorney general of Minnesota is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Thirty individuals have held the office of Attorney General since statehood. The incumbent is Keith Ellison, a DFLer. Election ...

for a four-year term. Primary elections were held on August 10, 2010. Incumbent

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of the

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(DFL) won reelection to a second term.

Candidates

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Incumbent

won endorsement at the

(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.

Republican Party

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and

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earned the endorsement of the

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at its state convention. He was challenged in his party's primary by Sharon Anderson, a

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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.

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

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Resource Party

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

Results

References

External links

Minnesota Secretary of State - Elections & Voting
{{United States elections, 2010

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Minnesota Attorney General elections

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