2010 Michigan Attorney General election

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.

Nominee

 * Bill Schuette, former U.S. Representative, Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals and state Senator,

Eliminated at convention

 * Mike Bishop, Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate

Withdrew

 * Bruce Patterson, state Senator

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.

Nominee

 * David Leyton, Genesee County Prosecutor

Withdrew

 * Richard Bernstein, Attorney
 * Gretchen Whitmer, state Senator

Despite filing for the race, both Bernstein and Whitmer withdrew before the state Democratic Party Convention and Leyton won the nomination uncontested.

Libertarian Party

 * Daniel W. Grow, attorney

U.S. Taxpayers Party

 * Gerald Van Sickle, attorney, nominee for Attorney General of Michigan in 2002