115 rows · The United States attorney general (AG) leads the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief lawyer of the federal government of the United States. ... 2010–2015) Member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003–2005) New York: April 27, …
Nov 02, 2010 · a. - Designates the winner of the state's general election. Thirty attorney general elections were held on November 2, 2010. 30 seats were up for election, of which 20 had been held by a Democrat and 10 by a Republican. Of those 30 races, 16 were won by Republicans and 14 by Democrats, a net gain of 6 by Republicans over their pre-election ...
Apr 04, 2007 · v. t. e. The New York Attorney General election of 2010 took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic nominee Eric Schneiderman defeated Republican nominee Dan Donovan. Previous Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo vacated the office following his run for governor.
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.. Republicans gained seven seats in the Senate (including a special election held in January …
Sally Yates | |
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Succeeded by | Dana Boente (acting) |
36th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
In office January 10, 2015 – January 30, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Attorney General | Years of service |
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Merrick Garland | 2021-Present |
Charles Lee | 1795-1801 |
William Bradford | 1794-1795 |
Edmund Jennings Randolph | 1789-1794 |
Matthew Rodriguez | 2021 – 2021 |
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John K. Van de Kamp | 1983 – 1991 |
George Deukemejian | 1979 – 1983 |
Evelle J. Younger | 1971 – 1979 |
Thomas C. Lynch | 1964 – 1971 |
# | Attorney General | Term of office |
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15 | Ken Eikenberry | 1993 |
16 | Christine Gregoire | 2005 |
17 | Rob McKenna | 2013 |
18 | Bob Ferguson | present |
Incumbent Marty Jackley had been appointed on August 14, 2009 to fill the vacancy left by Larry Long's acceptance of a judgeship. He easily claimed re-election in 2010 over Democrat Ron Volesky .
Incumbent Thurbert E. Baker announced in April 2009 that he would enter the race for the Democratic nomination for the governor's office. Republican Samuel S. Olens won the race to replace him, defeating Democrat Ken Hodges and Libertarian Don Smart.
Republican Tom Horne defeated his Democratic opponent Felecia Rotellini in a close race to claim Goddard's seat.
Incumbent Democrat Beau Biden easily won re-election over Doug Campbell of the Independent Party of Delaware. Biden received 78.9 percent of the vote to Campbell's 21.1 percent. The date of the 2010 primary election was September 14, 2010 .
Incumbent Democrat Richard Cordray had been elected in a November 2008 special election to fill the unexpired term of Nancy Hardin Rogers. He sought election to a full four year term in 2010, but fell to his Republican challenger, former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine .
a#N#Incumbent Beau Biden, after considering a run for the United States Senate seat vacated by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, announced in late-January 2010 that he would run for re-election as attorney general rather than seek the Democratic nomination for Senate.
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama 's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives .
Candidates and voters in 2010 focused on national economic conditions and the economic policies of the Obama administration and congressional Democrats. Attention was paid to public anger over the Wall Street bailout signed into law by President George W. Bush in late 2008. Voters were also motivated for and against the sweeping reforms of the health care system enacted by Democrats in 2010, as well as concerns over tax rates and record deficits. At the time of the election, unemployment was over 9%, and had not declined significantly since Barack Obama had become President. Further eroding public trust in Congress were a series of scandals that saw Democratic Representatives Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters, as well as Republican Senator John Ensign, all accused of unethical and/or illegal conduct in the months leading up to the 2010 election.
In state elections, Republicans won a net gain of six gubernatorial seats and flipped control of twenty state legislative chambers, giving them a substantial advantage in the redistricting that occurred following the 2010 United States Census. The election was widely characterized as a "Republican wave" election .
At the time of the election, unemployment was over 9%, and had not declined significantly since Barack Obama had become President.
Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections. All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Additionally, elections were held to select the delegates for the District of Columbia and four of the five U.S. territories. The only seat in the House not up for election was that ...
^ The Class 2 Senate seat in Illinois held concurrent regular and special elections in November 2010. That special election is not included in the total number of seats contested.
In response to congressional inquiries, the Department of Justice released a series of internal communications — including e-mails with White House staff — that preceded the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.
The Bush administration fired seven U.S. attorneys on a single day last December. After Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress in January, they began hearings into whether those dismissals — as well as an earlier one, in June 2006 — were politically motivated. Political furor has ensued. Follow events so far: