High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2010 Connecticut attorney general election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the 24th attorney general of the state of Connecticut. Five-term incumbent Attorney General Richard Blumenthal declined to seek re-election in 2010, instead opting to run for Connecticut`s open U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Christopher Dodd. Blumenthal`s decision not to seek a sixth term set-up the first open race for attorney general in the state since Blumenthal`s election in 1990.