Candidates for Lieutenant Governor, 2010

As of October 24, 2010, there were 114 candidates running for lieutenant governor across 31 states. The general election was held on November 2, 2010.

Here is a breakdown of the 114 candidates by party line:

31 Republicans
30 Democrats
14 Libertarians
11 independents
9 Greens
4 Constitution Party
1 American Independent Party
1 Anti-Prohibition Party
1 Freedom Party
1 Free Energy Party
1 Independence Party of Florida
1 Independence Party of Minnesota
1 Iowa Party
1 Nonpartisan
1 Peace and Freedom Party
1 Reform Party
1 Socialist Workers Party
1 U.S. Taxpayers Party
1 Working Families Party
1 Vermont-Independence Party
1 Vermont Progressive Party

^Ψ = Incumbent

Democratic candidates

Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom, Jr. Ψ
Alaska business owner and professor Diane E. Benson
Arkansas state senator Shane Broadway
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
Former President of Colorado State University at Pueblo Joseph Garcia
Connecticut State Comptroller Nancy Wyman
Former Florida Senator Rod Smith
Georgia business owner Carol Porter
Chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party Brian E. Schatz
Idaho activist Eldon Wallace
Sheila Simon, daughter of former U.S. Senator from Illinois Paul Simon
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Patty Judge Ψ
Kansas state senator Kelly Kultala
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Anthony G. Brown Ψ
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Tim Murray Ψ
Mayor of Southfield, Michigan Brenda Lawrence
Minnesota State Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon
Public Service Commissioner of Nebraska Anne Boyle
Member of the Reno, Nevada City Council Jessica Sferrazza
Former Chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party Brian S. Colón
Mayor of Rochester, New York Robert Duffy
Former Ohio judge Yvette McGee Brown
Oklahoma State Senator Kenneth Corn
Pennsylvania state representative H. Scott Conklin
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Elizabeth Roberts Ψ
South Carolina attorney Ashley Cooper
South Dakota business executive Ben Arndt
AFL-CIO leader, Texan Linda Chavez-Thompson
Utah state representative Sheryl Allen (Allen is a Republican but running on a ticket with a Democrat)
Vermont state representative Steven Howard
Wisconsin state representative Tom Nelson

Republican candidates

Alabama State Treasurer Kay Ivey
Alaska business owner Mead Treadwell
Arkansas business owner Mark Darr
Lieutenant Governor of California Abel Maldonado Ψ
Former Colorado legislator Tambor Williams
Mayor of Danbury, Connecticut Mark Boughton
Florida state representative Jennifer Carroll
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Casey Cagle Ψ
Minority leader of Hawaii's House of Representatives Lynn Finnegan
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Brad Little Ψ
Illinois business executive Jason Plummer
Iowa State Senator Kim Reynolds
Kansas state senator Jeff Colyer
Former Maryland Secretary of State Mary Kane
Massachusetts State Senator Richard Tisei
Michigan state representative Brian Calley
Annette Meeks, Minneapolis representative of the Metropolitan Council
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Rick Sheehy Ψ
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Brian Krolicki Ψ
Former New Mexico legislator John A. Sanchez
Gregory Edwards, Executive of Chataqua County, New York
Ohio state Auditor Mary Taylor
Oklahoma State Senator Todd Lamb
Commissioner of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Jim Cawley
South Carolina business owner James Ken Ard
Former South Dakota legislator Matthew Michels
Lieutenant Governor of Texas David Dewhurst Ψ
Lieutenant Governor of Utah Gregory Bell Ψ
Vermont state senator Phillip Scott
Wisconsin journalist Rebecca Kleefisch

Libertarian candidates

Alaskan activist Jeffrey D. Brown
California economics professor Pamela J. Brown
Colorado activist Ken Wyble
Georgia business owner Dan Barber
Illinois activist Ed Rutledge
Iowa Judicial Branch System Administrator Nick Weltha
Kansas activist Stacey Davis
Maryland computer engineer Doug McNeil
Michigan specialist in infectious diseases Erwin J. Haas
New York activist Alden Link
Ohio consultant Margaret Ann Leech
Texas activist Scott Jameson
Utah lawyer Aric Cramer, Sr.
Wisconsin businessman Terry Virgil

Green Party candidates

California activist James Castillo
Illinois high school teacher Don Crawford
Maryland environmental/social justice activist Ken Eidel
Massachusetts health care worker Rick Purcell
Michigan activist Lynn Meadows
Minnesota activist Dan Dittmann
New York activist Gloria Mattera
President of Toledo, Ohio's NOW chapter Anita Rios
Texas teacher/social worker Herb Gonzales, Jr.

Constitution Party candidates

Former Colorado legislator Pat Miller
Idaho activist Paul Venable
Retired Maryland dentist Michael T. Hargadon
Nevada activist Ryan Fitzgibbons (running under the Independent American Party, which is the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party)