Attorney General, 2010 Election

Primary Republican

Date: August 10, 2010
Cycle: 2010
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Chris Barden Man Republican 65,658 54.03 +8.05
Sharon L. Anderson Woman Republican 55,874 45.97

Barden was an attorney from Edina.

Anderson was a resident of St. Paul. This was her eighth failed attempt to become the state attorney general, also losing the Independent-Republican primaries of 1982, 1986, and 1990, the 1994 general election, and the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Republican primaries.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2011-2012 (p. 481).