The Secretary of State Roundup - Election 2010

Races for Secretary of State are very important for many reasons to the residents of each state. But to all Americans, the races are also very important because each Secretary of State provides at minimum general oversight of elections rules, procedures and elections in their State. Out of the 22 state races, Republicans won 15 of the races. In Arkansas, voters elected the first Republican Secretary of State since 1870 (140 years). Below is the Election Law Center summary of the wins in the Secretary of State races.
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by Christian Adams, Election Law Center: A Secretary of State roundup with thanks to CQ. Four Democratic Party incumbents were defeated by Republican challengers. Three of the four were among the more partisan Secretaries of State in the country - Colorado, New Mexico and Iowa, all part of the class of 2006.

Secretary of state races:
Alabama — Republican incumbent Beth Chapman defeated Democratic challenger Scott Gilliland.
Arizona — Republican incumbent Ken Bennett defeated Democrat Christopher Deschene.
Arkansas — Republican Mark Martin defeated Democrat Pat O’Brien
California — Democratic incumbent Debra Bowen defeated Republican challenger Damon Dunn.
Colorado — Republican challenger Scott Gessler defeated Democratic incumbent Bernie Beuscher.
Connecticut — Democrat Denise Merrill defeated Republican Jerry Farrell.
Georgia — Incumbent Republican Brian Kemp defeated Democrat Georganna Sinkfield.
Idaho — Republican incumbent Ben Ysursa defeated Democratic challenger Mack Sermon.
Indiana — Republican Charlie White defeated Democrat Vop Osili, and Libertarian Mike Wherry.
Iowa — Republican challenger Matt Schultz defeated Democratic incumbent Michael Mauro.
Kansas — Republican challenger Kris Kobach defeated Democratic incumbent Chris Biggs.
Massachusetts — Democratic incumbent William Galvin defeated Republican William C. Campbell and third-party candidate Jim Henderson.
Michigan — Republican Ruth Johnson defeated Democrat Jocelyn Benson.
Minnesota — Democratic incumbent Mark Ritchie defeated Republican challenger Dan Severson and third-party candidate Jual Carlson.
Nebraska — Republican incumbent John Gale defeated Democratic challenger Janet Stewart.
Nevada — Democratic incumbent Ross Miller defeated Republican challenger Rob Lauer and third-party candidate John Wagner.
New Mexico — Republican challenger Dianna Duran defeated Democratic incumbent Mary Herrera.
North Dakota — Republican incumbent Al Jaeger defeated Democratic challenger Corey Mock.
Ohio — Republican Jon Husted defeated Democrat Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, and Libertarian Charlie Earl.
Rhode Island — Democratic incumbent Ralph Mollis defeated Republican challenger Catherine Terry Taylor.
South Dakota — Republican Jason Gant defeated Democrat Ben Nesselhuf.
Vermont — Democrat Jim Condos defeated Republican Jason Gibbs.
Wyoming — Republican incumbent Max Mayfield defeated Democratic challenger Andrew Simons.

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