- Source: 2010 Michigan Attorney General election
The 2010 Michigan Attorney General election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the Attorney General of Michigan. Two-term incumbent Mike Cox was term-limited by the Michigan Constitution from seeking a third term. Republican Bill Schuette, a former Congressman, state Senator and judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, defeated Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton with 54 percent of the vote.
Republican Party
= Candidates
=Nominee
Bill Schuette, former U.S. Representative, Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals and state Senator,
Eliminated at convention
Mike Bishop, Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate
Withdrew
Bruce Patterson, state Senator
Patterson, a term-limited state Senator, was the first to form a campaign, forming an exploratory campaign in January, though he did not compete for the nomination at the Republican Party Convention in August 2010. After being expected to win the nomination handily, Schuette defeated Bishop by 121 votes to secure the nomination.
Democratic Party
= Candidates
=Nominee
David Leyton, Genesee County Prosecutor
Withdrew
Richard Bernstein, Attorney
Gretchen Whitmer, state Senator
Despite filing for the race, both Bernstein and Whitmer withdrew before the state Democratic Party Convention and Leyton won the nomination uncontested.
Minor parties
= Libertarian Party
=Daniel W. Grow, attorney
= U.S. Taxpayers Party
=Gerald Van Sickle, attorney, nominee for Attorney General of Michigan in 2002
General election
= Results
=References
External links
Official campaign websites
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
See also
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- 2010 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2026 United States attorney general elections
- 2018 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2014 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2022 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2002 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2006 Michigan Attorney General election
- 1974 Michigan Attorney General election
- 2018 Florida Attorney General election
- 1998 Michigan Attorney General election
