2010 New York Attorney General election

The New York Attorney General election of 2010 took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic nominee Eric Schneiderman defeated Republican nominee Dan Donovan. Previous Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo vacated the office following his run for governor.^[1]

2010 New York Attorney General election

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Nominee Eric Schneiderman Dan Donovan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,478,659 1,910,361 Percentage 55.8% 43.2%

County results Schneiderman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Donovan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Attorney General before election Andrew Cuomo Democratic Elected Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Democratic

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][dead link]}

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%
Turnout			661,296	12.53%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Robert Antonacci, Onondaga County Comptroller
• Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Richmond County District Attorney

Results

Republican Convention results

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Schneiderman	2,478,659	55.78%
	Republican	Dan Donovan	1,910,361	43.20%
	Libertarian	Carl Person	36,488	0.82%
	Freedom	Ramon J. Jimenez	18,021	0.41%
Total votes			4,443,529	100.0%
	Democratic hold