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David Leyton is the Prosecuting Attorney for Genesee County, Michigan. On January 26, 2010, he announced his candidacy for the statewide office of attorney general, the seat being vacated by Mike Cox, who is barred by state term limit laws from running for a third consecutive term in office. ^[1] Leyton formally received the endorsement of the Michigan Democratic Party at their state convention on Friday, August 28, 2010. ^[2] However, a little over two months later, he lost in the general election on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 to former judge Bill Schuette after receiving forty-three percent of the vote.

Controversies

Brenda Simpson criticism

The mother of an eleven year-old little boy who was found dead in the Flint River eighteen days after he disappeared in April 1985 has come out against Leyton criticizing him for failing to prosecute the case. Brenda Simpson argued that, in spite of "witness statements and evidence from a new post-mortem exam that indicated he had been poisoned before he went in the river," the Genesee County prosecutor declined to file charges against the stepmother of the child in 2005 when he took up the case and refused to meet with Simpson to discuss his reasons for making this decision. ^[3] Two years later, the State Attorney General Mike Cox was able to file formal charges and receive convictions for the stepmother and her brother in the poisoning and drowning death of the child.

Other roles

Board of Directors/Legislative Committee member, Prosecuting Attorney's Association of Michigan
Board of Directors member, Child Advocacy Center
Board of Directors member, GISD Attendance Task Force
Board of Directors member, Genesee County Judicial Council
Board of Directors member, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Immediate Past President, Genesee County Bar Association

Elections

2004

2004 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - Democratic Primary
- David Leyton ran unopposed

2004 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - General Election ^[4]
Candidates		Percentage
David Leyton (D)		67.2%
K.C. Baran (R)		32.6%
Write-In		0.2%
Total votes		202,039

2008

David Leyton for Attorney General Campaign logo

2008 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - Democratic Primary and General Election ^[5] ^[6]
- David Leyton ran unopposed in both contests

2010

See also: Michigan Attorney General election, 2010

2010 Race for Attorney General - General Election ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Republican Party	a Bill Schuette	52.3%
	Democratic Party	David Leyton	43.5%
	Libertarian Party	Daniel W. Grow	2.3%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Gerald Van Sickle	1.9%
Total Votes			3,136,224

Personal

Leyton currently resides in Flint, Michigan with his wife of twenty-nine years, Therese. The couple has had four children together.

Contact information

Campaign Address:
David Leyton for Attorney General
P.O. Box 320349
Flint, MI 48532

E-mail: dsleyton@aol.com

External links

References

[0] WJRT-TV "David Leyton to run for state attorney general's office" 26 Jan. 2010

[1] The Flint Journal "Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton secures Democratic nomination for attorney general" 29 Aug. 2010

[2] Detroit Free Press "Murder victim’s mom blasts candidate for AG" 13 Sept. 2010

[3] Genesee County Clerk's Office - November 2004 Election Results

[4] Genesee County Clerk's Office - August 2008 Election Results

[5] Genesee County Clerk's Office - November 2008 Election Results

[6] Michigan Department of State - 2010 General Election Results

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