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2010 Nevada Attorney General election

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FieldValue
election_date
election_name2010 Nevada Attorney General election
countryNevada
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election2006 Nevada Attorney General election
previous_year2006
next_election2014 Nevada Attorney General election
next_year2014
titleAttorney General
before_electionCatherine Cortez Masto
before_partyNevada Democratic Party
after_electionCatherine Cortez Masto
after_partyNevada Democratic Party
map_image2010 Nevada attorney general election results map by county.svg
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
Cortez Masto:
Barrick:
candidate1Catherine Cortez Masto
image1Catherine Cortez Masto (cropped).jpg
party1Nevada Democratic Party
popular_vote1372,011
percentage152.82%
candidate2Travis Barrick
image23x4.svg
popular_vote2251,269
percentage235.67%
party2Nevada Republican Party
candidate3Joel Hansen
image33x4.svg
party3Independent American Party of Nevada
popular_vote354,980
percentage37.81%

Cortez Masto:
Barrick:
The 2010 Nevada Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Nevada Attorney General, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 8, 2010.

Despite a national red wave, incumbent Democratic attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election to a second term in office by a wide margin.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto was the only candidate to run for attorney general in the Democratic primary, and so became the Democratic nominee uncontested.

Nominee

  • Catherine Cortez Masto, incumbent attorney general (2007–present)

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Travis Barrick, lawyer and former evangelical minister

Eliminated in primary

  • Jacob Hafter, lawyer

Results

General election

Endorsements

Individuals

  • Chuck Muth, president of Citizen Outreach and former chairman of the Clark County Republican Party (Republican)

Newspapers and other media

  • Las Vegas Review-Journal

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
errorCatherine
Cortez Masto (D)Travis
Barrick (R)OtherUndecided
Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyAugust 23–25, 2010625 (RV)± 4.0%39%22%21%18%

Results

Notes

References

References

  1. "2010 Official Statewide Primary Election Results".
  2. Taylor, Jessica. (November 16, 2010). "Democrats' losses ran wide, deep".
  3. (November 3, 2010). "Attorney General: Cortez Masto wins re-election".
  4. Robison, Vernon. (November 10, 2010). "Reid Hangs On To Senate Seat, Heck Upsets Rep. Titus".
  5. Vogel, Ed. (October 15, 2010). "AG candidate Barrick doesn’t regret his 1989 arrest at abortion clinic".
  6. (July 25, 2010). "Former AG candidate wants bar hearing".
  7. (October 15, 2010). "Chuck Muth: Endorsements, get your 2010 endorsements here".
  8. (October 30, 2010). "Election 2010".
  9. "AUGUST 2010 POLLS".
  10. "2010 Official Statewide General Election Results".
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