| Election Name: | 2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Nominee1: | Mark Ritchie |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 999,382 |
| Percentage1: | 49.1% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Mark Ritchie |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Mark Ritchie |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Nominee2: | Dan Severson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 928,913 |
| Percentage2: | 45.6% |
| Nominee3: | Jual Carlson |
| Party3: | Independence Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote3: | 105,675 |
| Percentage3: | 5.19% |
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.[1]
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.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||||
| Mark Ritchie | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | 999,382 | 49.10 | ||
| Dan Severson | Republican | 928,913 | 45.64 | ||
| Jual Carlson | Independence | 105,675 | 5.19 | ||
| Write-in | — | 1,395 | 0.07 | ||
| Total | 2,035,365 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,035,365 | 95.86 | |||
| Blank votes | 88,004 | 4.14 | |||
| Turnout[2] | 2,123,369 | 55.81 | |||
| Eligible voters | 3,804,746 | ||||