Minnesota Attorney General election, 2010

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Race tracking

See also: 2010 State Attorneys General/Election Racetracking

Both Ballotpedia and Governing magazine predicted a Democratic win.

2010 Race Rankings for Minnesota Attorney General
Race Tracker		Race Rating
Ballotpedia		Leans Democrat
Governing ^[1]		Likely Democrat
Overall Call		Leans Democrat

General Election campaign

Candidates

Republican Party - Minneapolis psychologist and attorney Chris Barden
Democratic Party - Incumbent Lori Swanson
Resource Party - Construction renovation manager David J. Hoch
Independent - Political activist Bill Dahn

General election results

2010 Race for Attorney General - General Election ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	a Lori Swanson	52.9%
	Republican Party	Chris Barden	41.3%
	Independent	Bill Dahn	5.1%
	Resource Party	David J. Hoch	0.7%
	Write-In		0.1%
Total Votes			2,033,087

Endorsements

Chris Barden

Can-Do Conservatives of America ^[3]
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fund ^[4]
Erik Paulsen, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives ^[4]
Tim Pawlenty, Republican Governor of Minnesota ^[5]

Lori Swanson

Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) ^[6]
National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) ^[7] ^[8]
Team MAPE ^[9]

August 10, 2010 primaries

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010; Minnesota Secretary of State election, 2010

Democratic primary

Candidates

Incumbent Lori Swanson
Leo F. Meyer, an unemployed carpenter

Electoral results

2010 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	a Lori Swanson	85.6%
	Democratic Party	Leo F. Meyer	14.4%
Total Votes			397,317

Finances

According to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, as of August 13, 2010, here is the breakdown of campaign finances for each of the candidates:

Lori Swanson Campaign Finance Reports
Report		Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Contributions	In-Kind ^[11]	Other Sources	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
January 1 - July 19, 2010 ^[12]		July 26, 2010	$100,353.56	$141,859.00	$432.21	$0.00	$38,326.11	$203,886.45

Republican primary

Candidates

Attorney Chris Barden ^[13]
Sharon Anderson

Electoral results

2010 Race for Attorney General - Republican Primary ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Republican Party	a Chris Barden	54.0%
	Republican Party	Sharon Anderson	46.0%
Total Votes			121,532

Finances

According to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, as of August 13, 2010, here is the breakdown of campaign finances for each of the candidates:

Chris Barden Campaign Finance Reports
Report		Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Contributions	In-Kind ^[11]	Other Sources	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
January 1 - July 19, 2010 ^[14]		July 26, 2010	$0.00	$52,040.26	$931.66	$0.00	$47,283.75	$4,756.51

External links

General Election candidates

Former candidates

Sharon Anderson for Attorney General Campaign website

References

[0] Governing “Attorney General Race Ratings” 12 Oct. 2010

[1] Minnesota Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results

[2] Can-Do Conservatives of America - Endorsements

[3end-3] 4.0 ^4.1 RogueOn Minnesota "New Endorsements for Attorney General Candidate Chris Barden" 27 Sept. 2010

[4] Star Tribune "AG candidate Barden gets a nod from Pawlenty" 19 Oct. 2010

[5] Minnesota Nurses Association - 2010 Endorsed Candidates

[6] MPR News "NRA backs Lori Swanson for Attorney General" 4 Oct. 2010

[7] Star Tribune "NRA endorses Swanson" 5 Oct. 2010

[8] Team MAPE - Endorsed Candidates

[2010primary-9] 10.0 ^10.1 Minnesota Secretary of State - 2010 Attorney General Primary Election Results

[notcash-10] 11.0 ^11.1 As these are not cash contributions, they are not reflected in the reported ending balance.

[11] Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board - Lori Swanson 15th Day Pre-Primary Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report Summary

[12] The Pioneer Press "Chris Barden kicks off bid to unseat Lori Swanson" 28 April, 2010

[13] Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board - Chris Barden 15th Day Pre-Primary Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report Summary

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Minnesota Attorney General election, 2010

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August 10, 2010 primaries

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