News from November 2010
Election roundup: Contested supreme court seats
Lanzinger COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio voters elected to keep Supreme Court Justice Judith Lanzinger, a Republican, on the state's high court for another six years.
GOP takes majority on Mich. SC
Young LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A pair of Republicans won Tuesday night, overturning a Democratic majority on the Michigan Supreme Court.
Election roundup: Iowa voters oust three justices
Ternus DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Voters in Iowa ousted three state Supreme Court justices who helped make same-sex marriage in the state legal.
D.C. voters support election of AG
Nickles WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- District of Columbia voters say its Home Rule Charter should be amended to allow the election of an attorney general.
Election roundup: Other AG races across the nation
McDaniel LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has been re-elected.
California AG race still up in the air
Harris SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - California still is waiting to see who will succeed in the fight to replace Jerry Brown as the state's attorney general.
Conn. elects another Democratic AG
Jepsen HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Democratic state lawmaker George Jepsen will be Connecticut's first new attorney general in 20 years.
Horne ready to take AG race in Arizona
Horne PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Tom Horne, the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, was poised to win the state attorney general race early Wednesday.
Brown tops Whitman, will become governor again
Brown SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - In perhaps the closest watched gubernatorial race in the country, Jerry Brown reclaimed the office with a win Tuesday over Republican Meg Whitman.
Goddard goes down in Ariz. gov race
Goddard PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard fell in his bid to become governor Tuesday, losing to Republican Jan Brewer.
Justice Kilbride prevails in costly Ill. retention election
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride has been retained to a second 10-year term.
Cordray falls as DeWine takes Ohio AG spot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Voters in Ohio have chosen to replace Richard Cordray as their attorney general.
Schneiderman is Wall Street's new sheriff
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - State senator Eric Schneiderman looks like he has defeated Republican Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan to become New York's new attorney general.
AG Abbott, Republican SC justices hold on to offices in Texas
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Democrats failed to unseat Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott or three justices on the state Supreme Court.
Schuette will replace Cox as Mich. AG
Schuette LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Republican Bill Schuette was easily defeating Democrat David Leyton Tuesday night and is projected to become Michigan's next attorney general.
Strange times coming for Alabama
Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Republican Birmingham attorney Luther Strange has defeated his Democratic opponent, Montgomery lawyer James Anderson, for Alabama's attorney general post.
Olens bests Democrat Hodges in Ga. AG race
Olens ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Republican Sam Olens has defeated his Democratic opponent, Ken Hodges, in the race for Georgia attorney general.
McHugh retains seat on W.Va. Supreme Court
McHugh CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court will remain unchanged for two more years.
Republican Bondi takes Fla. AG seat
Bondi TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Republican Pam Bondi apparently defeated state Sen. Dan Gelber in Florida's attorney general race Tuesday.
Madigan poised for third term as Ill. AG
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Incumbent Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan appears to be coasting to an easy victory over Republican challenger Steve Kim.