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2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election

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FieldValue
election_name2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election
countryMinnesota
typepresidential
flag_year1983
ongoingno
previous_election2006 Minnesota Secretary of State election
previous_year2006
election_dateNovember 2, 2010
next_election2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election
next_year2014
image1File:Mark Richie Minnesota Secretary of State (cropped).jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1Mark Ritchie
party1Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
popular_vote1999,382
percentage149.1%
map_image
map_size250px
map_captionRitchie:
Severson:
Carlson:
Tie:
titleSecretary of State
before_electionMark Ritchie
before_partyMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
after_electionMark Ritchie
after_partyMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
image2File:Dan Severson head shot 2.jpg
nominee2Dan Severson
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2928,913
percentage245.6%
image33x4.svg
nominee3Jual Carlson
party3Independence Party of Minnesota
popular_vote3105,675
percentage35.19%

Severson:
Carlson: Tie:

The 2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Minnesota Secretary of State for a four-year term. Primary elections were held on August 10, 2010. Incumbent Mark Ritchie of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won re-election to a second term.

Candidates

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Incumbent Mark Ritchie won endorsement at the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) convention. He faced only token opposition in his party's primary from perennial candidate Dick Franson, and easily won his party's nomination in the August 10, 2010 primary.

Republican Party

State Representative Dan Severson received the endorsement of the Republican Party of Minnesota at its state convention and was unchallenged in his party primary.

Independence Party

Jual Carlson filed at the last minute as an Independence Party of Minnesota candidate. As the only Independence candidate, he faced no opposition in the Independence primary. Carlson had previously sought office as a Republican.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes#%Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}; width: 4px"Republican Party of Minnesota}}; width: 4px"Independence Party (Minnesota)}}; width: 4px"Write-in candidate}}; width: 4px"
Mark RitchieDemocratic–Farmer–Labor999,38249.10
Dan SeversonRepublican928,91345.64
Jual CarlsonIndependence105,6755.19
Write-in—1,3950.07
Total2,035,365100.00
Valid votes2,035,36595.86
Blank votes88,0044.14
Turnout2,123,36955.81
Eligible voters3,804,746

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

References

References

  1. "Statewide Results for Secretary of State". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
  2. "Minnesota election statistics 1950–2012 (PDF)". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
  3. "Statewide Results for Secretary of State". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
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