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Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010
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The Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010 following a primary election on September 14, 2010.[1]
Republican Annette Meeks faced Yvonne Prettner Solon, a Democratic state Senator. Following the recount required by the extraordinarily small margin between the Democratic and Republican tickets, GOP gubernatorial candidate officially conceded on December 8, 2010, making Solon the Lieutenant Governor-elect of Minnesota.
| The November Ballot – Who's Made It? Minnesota Lieutenant Governor[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee | Affiliation | ||||
| Yvonne Prettner Solon | Democrat | ||||
| Annette Meeks | Republican | ||||
| Dan Dittmann | Green | ||||
| James Mulder | Independence | ||||
| Howard Hanson | Independent (The Resource Party) | ||||
| Erin Wallace | Independent (Ecology Democracy Party) | ||||
| Edwin Engelmann | Independent (The Grassroots Party) | ||||
| This lists candidates who won their state's primary or convention, or who were unopposed, and who have since been officially certified for the November ballot by their state's election authority. | |||||
November 2, 2010 general election results
In mid-November, after all precincts had reported and the state board of canvassers had certified the initial results, Mark Dayton was ahead by 8,749. Under Minnesota law, statewide races where the margin in less than 0.5% trigger an automatic recount. The Minnesota Secretary of State began the recount on November 29, 2010 and finished the first part of the process on December 3, 2010.[3]
On December 8, 2010, Emmer conceded the race.
| Governor/Lt. Governor of Minnesota, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mark Dayton/Yvonne Prettner Solon |
43.6% | 919,232 | |
| Republican | Tom Emmer/Annette Meeks | 43.2% | 910,462 | |
| Independence | Tom Horner/James A. Mulder | 11.9% | 251,487 | |
| Grassroots Party | Chris Wright/Edwin H. Engelmann | 0.4% | 7,516 | |
| Green | Farheen Hakeem/Dan Dittmann | 0.3% | 6,188 | |
| Ecology Democracy Party | Ken Pentel/Erin Wallace | 0.3% | 6,180 | |
| The Resource Party | Linda S. Eno/Howard B. Hanson | 0.2% | 4,092 | |
| Write-In | Various | 0.1% | 1,864 | |
| Total Votes | 2,107,021 | |||
| Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State | ||||
Candidates
Minnesota elects a governor and a lieutenant governor on the same ticket. The Independence Party, which has five tickets going into the primary, is not the same as a candidate who is running asan Independent. Such candidates may still affiliate with a third party during their campaign. There are three tickets composed of candidates who are Independents.
Democrat
- state Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon
Republican
- Annette Meeks
Green
- Dan Dittmann
Indpedence
- James A. "Jim" Mulder
Independent
Ecology Democracy Party
- Erin Wallace
Grassroots Party
- Edwin H. Engelmann
The Resource Party
- Howard B. Hanson
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2010 Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance"
- ↑ Minnesota Department of State, “Statewide Results for Governor”, accessed September 14, 2010
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS GENERAL November 2, 2010," updated November 30, 2010 at 14:00, accessed November 12, 2010 and November 30, 2010
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