American county executive election
2010 Cuyahoga County executive election Turnout 44.2%[1]
Results by municipalityFitzGerald : 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Dolan : 30–40%
40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 2010 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio . This was the first held under the newly ratified Charter of Cuyahoga County , which replaced Cuyahoga's 200 year old Board of County Commissioners with an executive and legislature, establishing the office of County Executive.[2]
The Democrats nominated the mayor of Lakewood Ed FitzGerald , while the Republicans nominated former Ohio State Representative Matt Dolan .[3] This was the only Cuyahoga County executive election to date with more than two candidates on the ballot, with the Green Party nominating architect David H. Ellison,[4] and businessmen Ken Lanci and Don Scipione as well as former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim McCormack running as independents .[5] [6] [7]
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.[8]