The 2010 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the

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. This was the first held under the newly ratified Charter of Cuyahoga County, which replaced Cuyahoga's 200 year old

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with an executive and legislature, establishing the office of County Executive. The Democrats nominated the mayor of Lakewood

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, while the Republicans nominated former Ohio State Representative

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. This was the only Cuyahoga County executive election to date with more than two candidates on the ballot, with the

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nominating architect David H. Ellison, and businessmen Ken Lanci and Don Scipione as well as former Cuyahoga County Commissioner

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running as independents. FitzGerald defeated Dolan by approximately 50,000 votes with 45.7% of the vote to Dolan's 30.3%, making it the closest County Executive election in Cuyahoga's history, and the only to be won by a plurality of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, mayor of Lakewood (2008-2010)

Eliminated in primary

* James F. Brown, bus driver * Terri Hamilton Brown, executive director of the

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(1998-2011) * Dianna Lynn Hill

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former Ohio State Representative from District 98 (2005-2010)

Eliminated in primary

* Paul Casey, high school wrestling coach * Victor S. Voinovich Sr., real estate broker

Primary results

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

* David H. Ellison, architect

Primary results

Independents

Candidates

* Ken Lanci, businessman *

, former

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commissioner (1997-2004) * Don Scipione, businessman

General election

Results

References

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