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2010 New York Attorney General election
	County results; Schneiderman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; 70–80% 80–90%; Donovan: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Attorney General before election; Andrew Cuomo; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Eric Schneiderman; Democratic

The New York Attorney General election of 2010 took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic nominee Eric Schneiderman defeated Republican nominee Dan Donovan. Previous Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo vacated the office following his run for governor.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Richard Brodsky, State Assemblyman
Sean Coffey, former Assistant United States Attorney
Eric R. Dinallo, former New York Superintendent of Insurance
Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney
Eric Schneiderman, State Senator

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Schneiderman	227,203	34.36%
	Democratic	Kathleen Rice	210,726	31.87%
	Democratic	Sean Coffey	108,185	16.36%
	Democratic	Richard L. Brodsky	65,683	9.93%
	Democratic	Eric R. Dinallo	49,499	7.49%
Majority			16,477	2.49%
Turnout			661,296	12.53%

Republican primary

Candidates

Robert Antonacci, Onondaga County Comptroller
Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Richmond County District Attorney

Results

Republican Convention results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		59.79%
	Republican	Robert Antonacci		40.21%

Independence Party

Stephen Lynch, attorney

Freedom Party

Ramon J. Jimenez

Libertarian Party

Carl Person, attorney

General election

Results

General election results ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Schneiderman	2,478,659	55.78%
	Republican	Dan Donovan	1,910,361	43.20%
	Libertarian	Carl Person	36,488	0.82%
	Freedom	Ramon J. Jimenez	18,021	0.41%
Total votes			4,443,529	100.0%
	Democratic hold