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The 2010 California Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2010, to choose the Attorney General of California. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Incumbent Attorney General Jerry Brown, a Democrat, had declined to run and instead ran successfully for governor of California.
The two major candidates were district attorneys from Los Angeles County and San Francisco, Republican Steve Cooley and Democrat Kamala Harris, respectively. On November 24, 2010, Cooley conceded to Harris, giving the Democrats a sweep of statewide executive offices.[1] On November 30, Harris declared victory.[2] Harris was the state's first female attorney general, and first Asian American (mother from India) state attorney general when her term began in January 2011. Harris would later go on to be elected as a U.S. senator in 2016 and vice president in 2020. She would also go on to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2024, which she would lose to Donald Trump (Trump, ironically, donated to Harris for her reelection campaign in 2014).[3][4]
To date, this remains the closest election in Harris's entire career.
- ^ "Kamala Harris wins attorney general's race as Steve Cooley concedes". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ Lagos, Marisa (December 1, 2010). "Kamala Harris sets course as new attorney general". SF Chronicle. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ Dick, Jason (August 12, 2020). "'It's just history': Kamala Harris as the VP nominee". CQ Roll Call. FiscalNote. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ Pilkington, Ed (July 22, 2024). "'A wise investment': Trump's $6,000 gift to Kamala Harris comes back to bite him". The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2024.