David Leyton
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David Leyton (Democratic Party) is a member of the Prosecuting Attorney for Genesee County, Michigan.
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Leyton unsuccessfully ran as a Democratic candidate for Michigan Attorney General in 2010.[1]
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
2010
- See also: Michigan Attorney General election, 2010
| 2010 Race for Attorney General - General Election[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party |  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 | ||
2008
- 2008 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - Democratic Primary and General Election[3][4]
- David Leyton ran unopposed in both contests
2004
- 2004 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - Democratic Primary
- David Leyton ran unopposed
| 2004 Race for Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney - General Election[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
 David Leyton (D)
|
67.2% | |||
| K.C. Baran (R) | 32.6% | |||
| Write-In | 0.2% | |||
| Total votes | 202,039 | |||
Noteworthy events
Brenda Simpson criticism
The mother of an eleven-year-old boy who was found dead in the Flint River 18 days after he disappeared in April 1985 said that Leyton failed to prosecute the case. Brenda Simpson said 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.[6] Two years later, the State Attorney General Mike Cox filed formal charges and convicted the stepmother and her brother in the poisoning and drowning death of the child.
Personal
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Leyton currently resides in Flint, Michigan, with his wife, Therese. The couple has four children together.
Contact information
Campaign Address:
David Leyton for Attorney General
P.O. Box 320349
Flint, MI 48532
E-mail: dsleyton@aol.com
See also
External links
- Office of Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney website
- David Leyton's Facebook profile
- David Leyton's Twitter account
- Davidleyton.com 2010 Campaign website
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was used to recall this version of the website from June 6, 2010.
Footnotes
- ↑ The Flint Journal, "Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton secures Democratic nomination for attorney general" 29 Aug. 2010
- ↑ Michigan Department of State - 2010 General Election Results
- ↑ Genesee County Clerk's Office - August 2008 Election Results
- ↑ Genesee County Clerk's Office - November 2008 Election Results
- ↑ Genesee County Clerk's Office - November 2004 Election Results
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Murder victim’s mom blasts candidate for AG" 13 Sept. 2010
