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Minnesota secretary of state election, 2010

Minnesota Secretary of State election, 2010
Minnesota
← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
  Mark Richie Minnesota Secretary of State.jpg DanSeverson.jpg
Nominee Mark Ritchie Dan Severson Jual Carlson
Party DFL Republican Independence
Popular vote 999,382 928,913 105,675
Percentage 49.10% 45.64% 5.19%

Minnesota Secretary of State election, 2010 results by county.svg
Results by county

Secretary of State before election

Mark Ritchie
DFL

Elected Secretary of State

Mark Ritchie
DFL


Ritchie

Severson

Mark Ritchie
DFL

Mark Ritchie
DFL

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.

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.

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

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.

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


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