| Election Name: | 2010 Michigan Attorney General election |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Michigan Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Michigan Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Turnout: | 3,136,224 |
| Nominee1: | Bill Schuette |
| Image1: | File:President Donald Trump with Bill Schuette (cropped 2).jpg |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,649,223 |
| Percentage1: | 52.59% |
| Nominee2: | David Leyton |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,363,486 |
| Percentage2: | 43.48% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Mike Cox |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Schuette |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2010 Michigan Attorney General election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the Attorney General of Michigan. Two-term incumbent Mike Cox was term-limited by the Michigan Constitution from seeking a third term. Republican Bill Schuette, a former Congressman, state Senator and judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, defeated Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton with 54 percent of the vote.[1]
Patterson, a term-limited state Senator, was the first to form a campaign, forming an exploratory campaign in January, though he did not compete for the nomination at the Republican Party Convention in August 2010. After being expected to win the nomination handily, Schuette defeated Bishop by 121 votes to secure the nomination.
Despite filing for the race, both Bernstein and Whitmer[6] withdrew before the state Democratic Party Convention and Leyton won the nomination uncontested.[4]
Official campaign websites