2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal elections (Senate and House), as well as those for other state offices. The election was part of the 2010 Illinois elections.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information, Turnout
For the primaries, turnout for the gubernatorial primaries was 22.21%, with 1,688,297 votes cast and turnout for the lieutenant gubernatorial primaries was 20.10% with 1,527,782 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 49.69%, with 3,729,989 votes cast.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, Democratic primaries, Governor, Debates
Democratic candidates Quinn and Hynes debated on January 19. WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU (FM)/WSIU-TV) at Southern Illinois University and Illinois Public Media (WILL AM/FM/TV) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also co-sponsored two gubernatorial primary election debates. Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes debated on January 21, 2010.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, Democratic primaries, Lieutenant Governor, Aftermath
Scott Lee Cohen was replaced as the Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee by Sheila Simon after he withdrew due to allegations of abuse toward his wife and other charges.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
After the February 2 Democratic primary in which incumbent Governor Pat Quinn was nominated, attention was drawn to Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. Illinois law required that candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run in separate primary elections, but run as a ticket in the November general election. Cohen was criticized for his having been charged with domestic battery, in which he was accused of holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend who was also a convicted prostitute. Cohen was also accused by his ex-wife of physical abuse and using illegally obtained anabolic steroids. Quinn and Dick Durbin, Illinois's senior U.S. Senator, both said that Cohen should withdraw his candidacy, which he did on February 7. Cohen ran as an independent candidate for the office of governor against Quinn.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
On March 27, 2010, the Democratic State Central Committee chose a replacement candidate, Sheila Simon. Dan Hynes, who placed second in the gubernatorial primary, denied interest in replacing Cohen on the ticket.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Other names suggested included State Representative Art Turner, who placed second to Cohen in the Democratic primary and then finished second to Simon in committee balloting on March 27, 2010; State Senators Rickey Hendon and Terry Link, State Representative Mike Boland, and electrician Thomas Castillo, all of whom also ran in the primary; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Tammy Duckworth; and State Representative Julie Hamos were suggested as possible replacements. Jeff Melvin, a 21-year retired army veteran, also applied to the open nominating call for the Democratic lieutenant governor position.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, General election, Results
Even though Brady won 98 out of the 102 counties, Quinn narrowly prevailed. Brady won almost everywhere in the state, including all of the Chicago collar (suburban) counties. Quinn initially had a large lead when results first began to come in, (this is due to the fact that heavily populated areas tend to report their votes faster), however, once the more suburban and rural areas came in Brady narrowed the gap significantly. Quinn's huge win in Cook County, which encompasses the Chicago Metropolitan Area proved too much for Brady to overcome, however.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, General election, Results
Brady conceded defeat later the following day on November 3, when it became clear he would lose. Quinn's win was ranked by Politico as the 7th biggest upset of the 2010 elections. This election also marked one of the very few times that the Democrats had won the governor's office in Illinois three consecutive times in a row.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election
The 2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election was held on November 2, 2010 to determine who would represent Illinois's 17th District in the 112th United States Congress. The seat contested was located in western and parts of central Illinois. Democratic incumbent Phil Hare had held the seat since 2006 and was running for re-election. The Republican nominee was Bobby Schilling. The Green Party nominee was Roger K. Davis.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election
Schilling won the election in an upset with almost 53% of the vote.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, Background
Hare was elected in 2006 with 57% of the vote and was unopposed in United States elections, 2008. Schilling is a restaurateur and owns Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza in East Moline, Illinois, which he started in 1997. Both were unopposed in their respective primaries.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, Background
Once thought to be safe by political analysts, Hare's seat was in trouble in the summer of 2010 as Schilling made his challenge. The New York Times's final rating was "Tossup", as was that of CQ Politics. RealClearPolitics's final rating was "Leans Democrat". FiveThirtyEight gave Schilling a 63% chance of winning. Politico rated it #5 on its list of "hottest House races in the country".


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, Background
Though both were unopposed in their respective primaries, primary elections were still held as voters went to the polls to vote in other races. Out of 64,141 total votes cast in each party for the February 2nd Illinois primary, Hare took 32,496 votes (50.66%) to Schilling's 31,645 (49.34%). "After the results of yesterday’s election, one thing is clear: voters are ready for a clean break from the failed ideas of the past," Schilling said after the primary. "Voter turnout shows that my Democrat opponent and I nearly had identical votes." Because of the close results, National Review said the race is "worth keeping an eye on."


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, General election campaign
National organizations were heavily involved in the race, with the National Republican Congressional Committee injecting $350,000 into the race and the conservative American Future Fund buying $500,000 worth of ads in the district, both on behalf of Schilling. The Republican National Committee funded the opening of a "Victory Center" similar to that used for the campaign of Sen. Scott Brown in 2010. On Hare's side, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee bought $90,000 worth of airtime and SEIU bought $317,000 for similar commercials alleging Schilling wants to send jobs overseas, which the Schilling campaign denies.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, General election campaign
Schilling's campaign outraised Hare's by $51,000 in Q3 2010 and had more cash on hand than Hare as of September 30.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, General election campaign
All three candidates participated in one televised debate on October 26, which covered topics ranging from social security, taxes, and job creation to abortion and stem cell research.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, Endorsements
Schilling received the endorsements of the Illinois Federation for the Right to Life PAC, the Republican National Coalition for Life PAC, the Quincy Tea Party, Congressman Aaron Schock, Congressman John Shimkus, Sgt. John F. Baker, Jr., recipient of the Medal of Honor, Rep. Michele Bachmann, CatholicVote PAC, former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney, John Deere PAC, the Chicago Tribune, and the United States Chamber of Commerce.


2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election, Race, Endorsements
Hare was endorsed by the Sierra Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars.


2010 Imola Superbike World Championship round
The 2010 Imola Superbike World Championship round was the twelfth round of the 2010 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of September 24-26, 2009 at the Imola circuit.


2010 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2010 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2010 NCAA Division II football season. Home games were played at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Lone Star play to finish in a tie for ninth place.


2010 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the 2009 season with a record of 5–5 as an NCAA Division II independent.


2010 Independence Bowl
The 2010 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl was the thirty-fifth edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game started at 5:00 PM US EST on Monday, December 27, 2010. The game was telecast on ESPN2 and featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) versus Air Force from the Mountain West Conference (MWC), the nation's top two rushing teams.


2010 Independence Bowl, Teams, Air Force Falcons
Air Force officially accepted an invitation to the bowl on December 1, 2010. The Falcons finished the regular season with an 8–4 record. The appearance in the Independence Bowl was the 4th straight year that Air Force appeared in a bowl game. The Falcons played in the Armed Forces Bowl for the preceding 3 seasons. Air Force played in its third Independence Bowl in school history. They entered the game with a 2–0 record in the bowl with a 9–3 victory over Ole Miss in 1983 and a 23–7 win over Virginia Tech in 1984. Air Force enters the game as the second ranked team in rushing offense with 317.9 yards per game, 437.4 yards in total offense.


2010 Independence Bowl, Teams, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech came into the Independence Bowl with a 6–6 record. The game marked the Jackets' 14th-straight bowl appearance, which was the fourth longest active streak in FBS. However, they came into the game with a five-game bowl losing streak. Georgia Tech led the country with 327 rushing yards per game. The previous season the Yellow Jackets won the ACC and played in the Orange Bowl where they were defeated by Iowa 24–14. This was the first time that Georgia Tech played in the Independence Bowl. The Yellow Jackets had 414.5 yards per game in total offense during the season.


2010 Independence Bowl, Game Notes
The two teams have played each other three previous times, in successive years (1977–79) with Georgia Tech winning all three matchups. The two teams have never faced each other in a bowl game.


2010 India Grand Prix
The 2010 India Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 14 to 19 December 2010 and had a total purse of $50,000. This tournament has been shifted from Lucknow to Hyderabad allegedly due to the infighting in the Badminton Association of India.


2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2010 Yonex-Sunrise India Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton BWF Grand Prix Gold event, which held between June 8–13, 2010 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai), India.


2010 Indian Federation Cup
The 32nd Federation Cup qualifiers commenced from 14 September. Eight teams battled it out for a place in the quarterfinal round and had been divided into two groups.


2010 Indian Federation Cup
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2011 AFC Cup.


2010 Indian Federation Cup, Qualifying play-offs
The winner from each Zone qualified for the quarterfinal round which were held from 21 September.


2010 Indian Federation Cup, Quarter-final league
The two qualifiers from the preliminary knock-out round joined the 14 I-League teams, who had been divided into four groups.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final
The 2010 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 2 October 2010.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final
East Bengal won the final 1–0, to successfully retain and claim their seventh Federation Cup title. Reisangmei Vashum scored the solitary goal for the Red and Gold brigade in the 53rd minute from Robin Singh's lay-off pass.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
East Bengal entered the 2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group A along with Air India, HAL, and Pune FC and their matches were played in Cuttack. The tournament got off to a great start for East Bengal as they defeated Air India in their opening match by 3–1 with Tolgay Ozbey scoring a brace and Robin Singh scoring the third. Bijith Setty scored a consolation goal in the 89th minute for Air India.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
In the second match, East Bengal came from behind to defeat HAL by 2–1 with Penn Orji and Tolgay Ozbey finding the back of the net in the 13th and 33rd minute respectively after Hamza put HAL ahead in the 9th minute. In the last game of the group stages, East Bengal pipped Pune FC by 1–0 with Penn Orji finding the back of the net once again in the 67th minute as the Red and Gold brigade confirmed the top spot in the group with 3 wins and progressed to the Semi Finals where they would face Churchill Brothers. Tolgay Ozbey's 11th-minute strike was enough for Trevor Morgan's men to reach the final.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan entered the 2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group D along with Mumbai, Salgaocar and Shillong Lajong and their matches were played in Cuttack. The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Bagan as they won against Shillong Lajong 1–0 in their first match with Muritala Ali scoring the winner for Bagan and then drew goalless with Mumbai FC in their second match.


2010 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Mohun Bagan
In the last game of the group they required a win against Salgaocar to qualify and Bagan thrashed the Goan club by 6–1 with José Ramirez Barreto and Muritala Ali scoring hattricks each. In the semi-finals Mohun Bagan took on Dempo and the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes. Ranti Martins put Dempo ahead in the 2nd minute while Chidi Edeh scored the equaliser in the 66th minute for Bagan. In the penalty shootout, Sangram Mukherjee saved Ogba Kalu Nnanna's shot as they won 5–3 to reach the finals.


2010 Indian Premier League
The 2010 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 3 or the 2010 IPL, was the third season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by India and had an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in the country. It was played between 12 March and 25 April 2010. It was also the first ever cricket tournament that was broadcast live on YouTube. The final four matches of the tournament were screened in 3D across movie halls in India.


2010 Indian Premier League
The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Mumbai Indians in the final played at Mumbai. The purple cap went to Pragyan Ojha of Deccan Chargers, while the orange cap and the player of the tournament award were awarded to Sachin Tendulkar of the Mumbai Indians. Saurabh Tiwary was declared the U-23 success of the tournament, while the Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play.


2010 Indian Premier League, Venues
Five new venues were introduced for the third edition of IPL. These included Nagpur, Cuttack, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Dharamsala. Nagpur, Cuttack and Mumbai amongst them hosted the home games for Deccan Chargers, and Ahmedabad and Dharamsala shared some of the home matches of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab respectively. Additionally, Hyderabad, which hosted all Deccan's home games in 2008, did not host any games this season. This was attributed to the possibility of unrest due to a Telangana state succession.


2010 Indian Premier League, Venues
The 60-game tournament also featured a third-place playoff between the losing semi-finalists as a qualifier for the Champions League and also saw the induction of ICL players. Both semi-finals were scheduled to be hosted in Bangalore but instead were played in Mumbai. The final and the third place playoff games were played at Mumbai and the season ended five days before the World Twenty20 in West Indies.


2010 Indian Premier League, Security concerns
On 17 April, before the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore & Mumbai Indians started 2 bombs went off at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, while another was defused. The game on the day did continue, however, after an hour's delay. As a consequence both semi-finals were moved out of the city to DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. A third device was defused on 18 April 2010. All three devices were hidden in the stadium's perimeter wall and the two explosions were believed to have injured 15 people. Initial investigations suggested that the explosives used in the devices were locally made and were of low intensity. Former cricketers Sir Ian Botham, Brian Lara, Steve Waugh and Shaun Pollock urged the players not to give in to terrorism by opting out of the league.


2010 Indian Premier League, Player auction
11 players were sold at the player auction held on 19 January 2010 in Mumbai. This was from a list of 97 registered players, which was then shortlisted to 66. West Indian all rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond were the highest bid players in the auction who were bought for $750,000 but not before their prices went in the silent tie breaker round. Kieron Pollard was bought by Mumbai Indians and Shane Bond by Kolkata Knight Riders.


2010 Indian Premier League, Rules and regulations
The rules and format were the same as the previous season with the exception of the strategic timeout. Each innings had two mandatory timeouts of two-and-a-half minutes each. The fielding captain must take one at the end of over six, seven, eight or nine, and the batsmen at the end of over 13, 14, 15 or 16. Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:


2010 Indian Premier League, Rules and regulations
According to rules, if a match ended with the scores tied, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Super Over. The rules of the Super Over are as set out in the ICC Standard Twenty20 International match playing conditions (1 October 2009 version).


2010 Indian Premier League, Teams and standings, League table
(C) = Champion; (R) = Runner-up; (3rd) = Winner of third place playoff. Note: Top four teams will qualify for the playoffs. Note: The winner, runner-up and winner of the third place playoff qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.


2010 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Batting, Most runs
The leading run scorer of the league phase wears an orange cap when fielding.


2010 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Bowling, Most wickets
The leading wicket taker of the league phase wears a purple cap when fielding.


2010 Indian Premier League Final
The 2010 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 25 April 2010 at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai to determine the winner of the 2010 Indian Premier League, an annual professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the Super Kings defeated the Indians by 22 runs.


2010 Indian Premier League Final
The Indians, captained by Sachin Tendulkar, topped the group stage table with 10 wins in 14 matches, whereas the Super Kings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, stood at the third position with seven wins in 14. They had defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Deccan Chargers respectively in the semi-finals.


2010 Indian Premier League Final
Mumbai Indians qualified for the first time in their Indian Premier League history while it was the second time for Chennai Super Kings in three years. Super Kings qualified for the final at 2008 Indian Premier League where they lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets in a last ball thriller.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Group Stage
The Super Kings' campaign started with a loss against the defending champion Deccan Chargers. They went on to win their next two matches against Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils respectively, but then lost four consecutive matches against Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers, Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Though the loss against Kings XI came in a Super-Over after the match ended in a tie. From then they went on to win three consecutive matches against Royal Challengers, Indians and Royals, but they again lost to Chargers at their next match. However they won two of their last three matches including their last match of group stage which led them to the knockout stage.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Group Stage
While on the other hand campaign for Mumbai Indians was like a bed of roses. They won seven out of their first with the only defeat coming in their third match against the Royal Challengers. But after this start they won three and lost three of their last six matches. However 20 points from 10 wins in 14 matches were more than enough for them to be the points table topper as their closest team at the points table, Deccan Chargers had 16 points in their bag.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Group Stage
The two teams faced each other in two matches of the group stage, Indians and Super Kings won one each. Both the Super Kings and Indians played at the DY Patil Stadium for the first time in the finals.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Semi Final
The Indians played the fourth placed team Royal Challengers in the first semi-final. The Indians won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indians didn't have a good opening partnership. Opener and skipper Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed at 11 runs. The other opener Shikhar Dhawan got out at 29. But middle order batsmen Saurabh Tiwary and Ambati Rayudu scored 52 and 40 respectively. Lower order batsman Kieron Pollard scored an unbeaten cameo of 33 from 13 balls to take the score to 184 for 5 in 20 overs. Dale Steyn took two wickets for 43 runs.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Semi Final
In reply Royal Challengers were never comfortable in chasing down Indians' 184. They lost wickets in regular break and could finally score 149 for 9 wickets falling short by 35 runs. Ross Taylor scored the highest 31 runs for the Royal Challengers. Kieron Pollard took three wickets for 17 runs. Mumbai won the match by 35 runs and qualified for the final while Royal Challengers were eliminated from the tournament as a result of this match. Royal Challengers also got a place in the third-place playoff match. Kieron Pollard was named the man of the match.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Semi Final
In the second semi-final, Super Kings played the Chargers. The Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first, But they made slow star from the starting also they lost their first three wickets in 29 runs. But later on contributions of 37 and 30 from middle order batsmen Subramaniam Badrinath and skipper Dhoni rescued Super Kings and helped to build up their innings. In later part of the innings a cameo of 24 runs from Srikkanth Anirudha helped Super Kings post a total of 142 for 7 on the board. Ryan Harris took three wickets for 29 runs.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the Final, Semi Final
To chase down 142, the chargers started very slow. They lost their first wicket at 19 runs with skipper Adam Gilchrist departing after scoring 15 runs. Then they started losing wickets on regular interval. With this going on the Chargers lost all their wickets for 104 run in 19.2 overs. Andrew Symonds scored 23 runs which was the highest in Chargers innings. Super Kings bowler Doug Bollinger took four wickets for 13 runs in 4 over and was also named the man of the match. Chennai won the match by 38 runs and advanced to the final while Chargers were eliminated from the tournament and had to play the third-place playoff where their opponent was the Royal Challengers.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
Winning the toss, Super Kings' captain MS Dhoni opted to bat first. The Super Kings scored 168 runs in 20 overs with a loss of five wickets. Batting at number three, Suresh Raina top scored for the Super Kings with an unbeaten 57 runs off 35 balls. Skipper Dhoni scored 22 and a late cameo of 15 from Albie Morkel helped Super Kings to reach the total. Indians' bowler Dilhara Fernando took two wickets for 23 runs. The Indians failed to build a good opening partnership with their opener Shikhar Dhawan, got out at one run.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
However partnership of 67 runs in second wicket showed light of hope to the Indians. But after the end of that partnership all hope went down for the Indians. Skipper Sachin Tendulkar scored 48 runs and a 27 off 10 balls cameo from Kieron Pollard wasn't enough to reach the target of 169. They scored 146 in the allotted 20 overs with a loss of nine wickets. Shadab Jakati got two wickets and Muttiah Muralidharan, Doug Bollinger, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel got one wicket each. Super Kings won the match by 22 runs to win their first Indian Premier League Title. Suresh Raina was awarded the man of the match for his knock of unbeaten 57 and a wicket.


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Scorecard
League impact: Super Kings won the 2010 Indian Premier League


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Vijay, 7.2 overs), 2-47 (Hayden, 8.4 overs), 3-67 (Badrinath, 11.2 overs), 4-139 (Dhoni, 17.1 overs), 5-157 (Albie Morkel, 19.3 overs


2010 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan, 1.4 overs), 2-67 (Nayar, 11.2 overs), 3-73 (H Singh, 11.6 overs), 4-99 (Tendulkar, 14.2 overs), 5-100 (Tiwary, 14.5 overs), 6-114 (Duminy, 16.6 overs), 7-142 (Rayudu, 18.5 overs), 8-142 (Pollard, 18.6 overs), 9-143 (Z Khan, 19.3 overs)


2010 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2010, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held  to elect respectively 13 members from 6 states, 49 members from 12 states, six members from Andhra Pradesh and two members from Haryana for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.


2010 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2010. The list is incomplete.


2010 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Gujarat, Rajashthan, Uttar Pradesh.


2010 Indian Super Cup
The 2010 Indian Super Cup was the 9th Indian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's I-League and Federation Cup competitions. The match was between Dempo and East Bengal with Dempo winning 3-1. The match was played in Gurgaon, In 2010. The Man of the Match was Bryan Cohen of Dempo.


2010 Indian Super Cup
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2010 Indian onion crisis
The Indian onion crisis of 2010 involved the dramatic rise in the cost of onions across markets in India. The crisis was caused by errant rainfall in the onion producing regions which led to a shortage of onion production. The crisis caused political tension in the country and was described as "a grave concern" by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


2010 Indian onion crisis, Background
Onions are considered an important ingredient of most Indian cooking, providing the pungent foundation for curries and other dishes. Onion prices have been an important political issue: they were regarded as the decisive factor in the 1998 state elections in Delhi and Rajasthan, and were responsible for bringing down the central government in 1980. India is the second largest onion producer in the world, after China.


2010 Indian onion crisis, Background
Forty-five percent of the onions produced in India come from the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. In November 2010, unseasonal and excessive rainfall in onion-producing regions such as Nashik in   Maharashtra delayed the arrival of onions in markets. In December, when fresh crop usually begins to arrive, onion shipments were reduced from 2000-3000 tons a day to 700-800 tons a day in New Delhi markets, raising the price of onion from ₹35 (49¢ US) to ₹88 (US$1.20) per kg in the period of one week. The price on some online portals was significantly lower, about 30-40/kg.


2010 Indian onion crisis, Aftermath
Wary of historical precedent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government responded forcefully by banning onion exports, lowering import taxes and by getting in shipments of onions from neighbouring Pakistan. In late December, following government restrictions on exports, wholesale onion prices went down to ₹50 (70¢ US) per kg in metropolitan markets.


2010 Indian onion crisis, Aftermath
Along with errant rainfall, hoarding, official incompetence and price-ramping by traders have also been blamed for the crisis. The Times of India, in a back-of-the-envelope calculation alleged that wholesale retailers and speculative traders in New Delhi charged a markup of over 135%, taking in profits of over ₹1,000,000 (US$14,000) a day. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party blamed the crisis on policy decision on exports and imports. Responding to a call from the opposition, 20,000 people demonstrated on the streets of New Delhi to protest the price rise and corruption in the government. The protesters included women and children wearing garlands of onions to symbolize inflation in the prices of basic commodities.


2010 Indian onion crisis, Aftermath
In 2015 the retail prices of onions shot up again to INR 80/kg in Delhi. In Pakistan onions were retailing for PKR 40-50/kg.


2010 Indiana Fever season
The 2010 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2010 Indiana Fever season, Transactions, Dispersal draft
Based on the Fever's 2009 record, they would pick 11th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Fever waived their pick.


2010 Indiana Fever season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Fever's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft.


2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. As members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hoosiers were led by head coach Bill Lynch and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 5–7, 1–7 in Big Ten play. Lynch was fired November 28, 2010, despite having won the team's last game of the season against rival Purdue the previous day.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election
The 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election was held in on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 as part of the 2010 Indiana elections, held during the 2010 midterms.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election
Incumbent Republican Treasurer Richard Mourdock won reelection. His Democratic opponent was Navy veteran and future Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election
Debate in the campaign largely centered around Mourdock's decision to invest $43 million of state pension funds and other state funds in Chrysler junk bonds (losing Indiana a large amount of money due to the restructuring of Chrysler during the company's bankruptcy, and his subsequent decision to launch unsuccessful litigation in an effort to stop Chrysler's bankruptcy plan (including the Chrysler-Fiat merger) from taking effect.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Background
Incumbent Republican Richard Mourdock had won election four years earlier 52% to 48%, which was considered to be a relatively narrow victory. The 2006 election cycle had been nationally considered a favorable cycle for the Democratic Party. Contrarily, 2010 was considered to be a favorable cycle for the Republican Party.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Background
Indiana was considered to be a Republican-leaning state. Republicans had held the Indiana State Treasurer's office since 1979.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Background
During his term, Mourdock had invested $43 million of state pension funds and other state funds in Chrysler junk bonds. This move by Mourdock lost Indiana a large amount of money due to the restructuring of Chrysler during the company's bankruptcy. Mourdock unsuccessfully would take legal action to attempt to stop Chrysler's bankruptcy plan (including the Chrysler-Fiat merger) from taking effect. These actions would become a central issue of the 2010 election campaigning.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Nominations
Democrats nominated Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg was the only candidate to seek the Democratic nomination, and was formally nominated at the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis on June 26.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Nominations
Republicans formally renominated incumbent State Treasurer Richard Mourdock at their state convention on June 19.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg launched an exploratory campaign in March 2010. That month, he resigned from his job at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in order to campaign full-time. Buttigieg formally launched his candidacy during South Bend's Dyngus Day celebrations on April 5.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg was ultimately unchallenged for the Democratic nomination and was formally nominated at the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis on June 26.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg was considered a long-shot. Buttigieg was a political newcomer, a first-time candidate, and had never held public office, even proclaiming on his campaign website, "I'm a businessman who has never run for office before, but I have the education, experience and energy to lend a hand at this critical time in our state’s history." Buttigieg also lacked name recognition.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg raised $287,000 in campaign contributions. He refused to accept campaign contributions from banks or bank PACs. He also placed limits on the amount of contributions accepted by his campaign from individuals who work at banks, refusing to accept contributions from bank employees in excess of $2,300.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
If elected, Buttigieg would have been the first elected State Treasurer to hail from South Bend.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg criticized Mourdock for having invested state pension funds and other state funds in Chrysler junk bonds. He also criticized the legal action which Mourdock took in an attempt to stop Chrysler's bankruptcy plan from taking effect, arguing that this could have imperiled a company which Buttigieg described as being, "one of the most important employers in the state of Indiana," and the jobs which it provided the state.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Placing great emphasis on the potential job loss that could have occurred due to Mourdock's lawsuit, Buttigieg even had his nomination seconded at the state convention by Richie Boruff, the president of Kokomo's United Automobile Workers Local 685. Buttigieg also argued that, had the lawsuit been successful, it would also have led to further losses in the value of the junk bonds.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg further criticized Mourdock for choosing costly out-of-state firms to manage the lawsuit, which charged the state $2 million for their services, arguing that he could have saved money and better benefited the state by using less expensive in-state law firms. Ultimately, the issue of the Chrysler junk bonds and the lawsuit against Chrysler emerged as the central issue of the campaign between Buttigieg and Mourdock.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Potential evidence of the failure of Buttigieg to gain traction on his argument about the risk of job loss that could have occurred due to Mourdock's Chrysler lawsuit was that Howard County, home to Kokomo (and 6,000 Chrysler jobs) was ultimately carried by Mourdock by a margin of 15,631 to 9,677.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg additional stated that he believed that the State of Indiana needed to be more selective about what banks it did business with, using the "power of the purse" to pressure and reward banks. Buttigieg wanted the state to start doing more business with local banks. Buttigieg proposed taking an "Indiana first" policy when selecting banks in which to deposit state funds. Buttigieg pledged that he would use the State Treasurer's office to pressure banks to be more "consumer friendly".


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg argued that the state should only invest tax dollars in financial institutions that had demonstrated that they treat customers well, such as those that to small businesses and kept residents from losing homes to foreclosure. Buttigieg wanted banks to create more "job friendly" loan programs. Buttigieg also said that he would pressure banks to act more responsibly. He proposed setting guidelines for what banks Indiana would do business with which would include requiring that banks Indiana deposited money with had an Indiana headquarters, or have a large proportion of their employees (at least 50%) being in-state employees.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
His proposed guidelines would also require that banks comply with obligations with the Community Reinvestment Act, comply with the future requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and have a track record of community-oriented financial innovation (such as lending to micro enterprises). He would also require banks have, "a record of resolving distressed home mortgages through re-negotiation" and a "commitment to small business lending, including lending to minority-owned and women-owned enterprises".


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg also spoke of a desire to invest in Indiana corporate bonds.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg had a proposal he dubbed as the "Hoosier Capital Connector" under which he would return money deposited out-of-state to the state, depositing it at in-state financial institutions. Under the plan, money (including $100,000 million from the state's $3 billion general fund) would be deposited in local banks that agreed to lend cash at lower interest rates to local small businesses which pledge to generate or preserve jobs. The treasurer's office would connect such businesses with lower interest loans, and the program would require that the businesses and the participating financial regularly file reports with the treasurer's office. Buttigieg pointed to other states, such as Missouri, where similar policies had been implemented.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg criticized the lack of transparency in the state treasurer's office. Buttigieg proposed measures to increase the transparency of the state's financial transactions. This would include increasing the frequency of reporting on the state's investments and its holdings, which were at the time annually reported, to at least quarterly. Buttigieg's plans also entailed being more transparent and standardized in the decision process of where the treasurer deposited state money, including publishing online the criteria expected of financial institutions where money would be deposited.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
It would also entail posting online of investment policy statements for each fund managed by the state treasurer's office, as well as information and links to outside firms managing state funds. Buttigieg's plans would also entail increasing the transparency of investment policy statements and state treasury records, making them accessible online. It would also involve employing an online tracking system for all public information requests. It would also involve an increase of public input in investment decisions, holding at least twice-annually a series of town halls. His plans would also place a prohibition on former employees of the treasurer's staff lobbying or doing business with the office for two years after they leave.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg argued that, by keeping better track of deposits and lending, the state could free credit up and stimulate job growth.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg pledged that, as treasurer, he would seek to reinvest state funds in assets that were issued by companies based in Indiana wherever they would generate good returns on investment.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg argued that the role of treasurer should be depoliticized.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg called for the position of treasurer to have more stringent ethics codes. Buttigieg promised, if elected, to partner with the Indiana State Legislature to pass ethics standards to that would ensure that no investments would not be influenced by corporate campaign contributions. Buttigieg promised to work with the Indiana State Legislature to seek legislation prohibiting political contributions from banks to anyone running for state treasurer,


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg argued that Indiana had not been wisely investing taxpayer money. For instance, he criticized the investment of hundreds of millions in tollway revenue into junk bonds. Buttigieg argued that the state treasurer's office could be more efficiently and profitably managed. Buttgigieg argued that wiser management of the states finances would decrease the necessity for cuts, such as those that had been recently made to education.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg pledged to commission a review of the state's investments in order decrease the state's  Indiana's vulnerability to risky debt. Buttigieg also promised that, within his first 60 days in office, he would assemble a committee that would inform his principles and develop reporting procedures. Such a committee would be made up of financial businesses, labor representatives, academic leaders, and consumer advocacy leaders.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg declared that, “In these tough economic times, state government needs to find new and creative ways to make our tax dollars work harder and smarter for us."


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg's campaign placed an emphasis on job-creation and economic development. He also considered a top priority to be consumer protection.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg argued that he could use the office of Treasurer to assist in generating economic growth in the state by making investments in state assets and depositing state money in the banks most likely to recirculate dollars to local communities.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
Buttigieg urged Mourdock to hold a debate with him. This was to no avail, ultimately.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Buttigieg's campaign
In what was seen to be shaping up as a Republican wave election, Buttigieg hoped he could attract ticket splitting voters. Buttigieg made efforts to reach out to the Republican-associated Tea Party movement, declaring that he understood their economic concerns.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Moudock was formally renominated by the Republican Party at its state convention on June 19.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock defended his investment in Chrysler junk bonds, claiming that junk bonds had actually been the best-performing assets in the state's investment portfolio.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock defended the lawsuit he lodged against Chrysler, which cost the state $2 million, as having fulfilled his "fiduciary duties" and having been his acting on behalf of the taxpayers of Indiana. He acknowledged that some admired, and others reviled, the stand he took against Chrysler. However, he believed that the lawsuit earned him name recognition” (it had earned him hundreds of speaking engagements on the subject) and would ultimately benefit his campaign, stating, “I think that is very much going to play in our favor. I think most Hoosiers were opposed to seeing our pensioners getting ripped off, which is exactly what happened.” Mourdock collaborated with governor Mitch Daniels on an op-ed in early June The Wall Street Journal defending the lawsuit.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock received criticism during the campaign from Buttigieg for holding events with controversial figures such as  television personality Glenn Beck (an appearance Buttigieg particularly criticized in light of "deceptive" cash-for-gold advertisements Beck had been featured in) and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock argued that he had been wisely investing taxpayer money as treasurer.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock advertised his role as Chairman of the Indiana Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board, proclaiming that such work demonstrated his commitment to public safety. Moudrock also advertised his role Chairman of the Indiana Education Savings Authority, arguing that it demonstrated his commitment to promoting education and college savings. He pointed to the growth of the state's college savings plan as a success of his.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock criticized Buttigieg's plan to impose requirements on banks seeking state deposits, accusing Buttigieg of wanting to implement "social policy".


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock responded to criticism by Buttigieg of his investing by publicizing that the state treasurer's had earned $480 million in the 2010 fiscal year.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock often described his role as being the states "investor-in-chief".


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Campaigning, Mourdock's campaign
Mourdock's candidacy was seen as benefiting from running in a very Republican-favorable election cycle and from being in a Republican-leaning state, making the strong favorite to win.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Result
Ahead of the election, the race was projected as leaning in Mourdock's favor.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Result
Mourdock won a second term as treasurer with 62% of the vote.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Result
Mourdock was the state's top vote-getter, receiving a greater number of votes than any other Indiana candidate in the 2010 elections.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Result
Turnout for the race was 38.96%. Turnout for the race was slightly lower than that of the elections for other two Indiana statewide offices up for coinciding elections (Auditor and Secretary of State).


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
In 2011, Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend, Indiana. He would be reelected mayor in 2015. During his second term as mayor Buttigieg ran unsuccessfully in the 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election. Later in his second term as mayor, he launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, which saw him rise to become a top-tier candidate in primary race. He was later appointed by President Joe Biden to be the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
On February 22, 2011, only months after being reelected as Indiana State Treasurer, Mourdock launched a campaign for Indiana's Class 1 United States Senate seat, up for election in 2012, challenging incumbent sixth-term Republican senator Richard Lugar for the Republican nomination. In the primary race, Mourdock enjoyed strong Tea Party movement-backing. Mourdock defeated Lugar by a broad margin in the primary, In an October general election debate against Democratic opponent Joe Donnelly, Mourdock made controversial remarks in which he stated that pregnancy from rape was "something that God intended". Many experts saw these remarks as immensely damaging Mourdock in his Senate campaign. Mourdock would ultimately lose the general election to Donnelly by a margin of six percent.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
Mourdock would ultimately not serve a full second term as Indiana State Treasurer, submitting his letter of resignation to Indiana Governor Mike Pence on August 29, 2014. Mourdock's resignation came on the last day that state employees could retire before cuts to pension benefits took effect in September 2014. Pence appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the Indiana Finance Authority Daniel Huge to serve as interim treasurer.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
As of the 2018 Indiana elections, it still remains the case that no Democrat has held the Indiana State Treasurer's office since 1979.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
During Buttigieg's 2020 presidential run, this election gained some relevance, as Amy Klobuchar, one of Buttigieg's primary opponents, cited the election as evidence that Buttigieg lacked an ability to win with larger electorates, as, while Klobuchar had won every statewide race she had run, he had failed in his only statewide race.


2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Aftermath
In March 2020, Louis Jacobson wrote an article for Sabato's Crystal Ball which cited Buttigieg's failure to breakthrough in this election as an example of the regular inability of up-and-coming candidates to see much success in elections for statewide offices in states with single-party dominance by the opposing party.


2010 Indiana earthquake
The 2010 Indiana earthquake registered 3.8 on the moment magnitude scale and struck near Greentown and Kokomo on December 30, 2010, at 12:55:21 UTC at a depth of 3 mi. The quake occurred approximately 50 miles north of Indiana's capital, Indianapolis. It joins only three other earthquakes that have affected the northern Indiana area since 1999. The “extremely rare and unprecedented” earthquake had the largest magnitude of a northern Indiana earthquake in 175 years.


2010 Indiana earthquake
Despite being considered a rare occurrence, the affected region of northern Indiana lies near many fault lines including the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Both zones are hotspots for tectonic activity, with the Wabash Valley Fault Zone reaching earthquake depths up to 18 km (11.4 mi.) deep. It was incorrectly recorded by nearby stations as a 4.2 magnitude before being downgraded to 3.8. No significant damage was reported from the incident, but the quake was felt by thousands, spanning across multiple cities and states. Towns as far away as Kalamazoo, Michigan and states as far as Wisconsin and Kentucky reported the earthquake.


2010 Indiana elections
Elections were held in Indiana on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on May 4, 2010.


2010 Indiana elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the primaries was 20.86%, with 892,403 ballots cast.


2010 Indiana elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the general election was 41.26%, with 1,786,213 ballots cast.


2010 Indiana elections, Federal, United States Senate
On February 15, 2010, incumbent Senator Evan Bayh announced that he would not seek reelection. This shocked the Democratic base, which had expected Bayh to seek a third term in the Senate and had thus not fielded any other candidates. On May 15, the executive committee of the Indiana Democratic Party announced that Representative Brad Ellsworth would be the party's nominee for Senator. Dan Coats, the winner of the five-way Republican primary election, was Ellsworth's main competitor in the race, along with Libertarian Rebecca Sink-Burris, and two independent candidates in the general election. During the campaign, Ellsworth attacked Coats' record as a lobbyist, while Coats branded Ellsworth as a puppet of President Obama and then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. On election day, Coats won 54.4% of the vote to Ellsworth's 40%. Rebecca Sink-Burris received 5.4%.


2010 Indiana elections, Federal, United States House of Representatives
All of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. In the United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008, Democrats had won five of Indiana's nine seats in the House, but public dissatisfaction with Democratic President Obama, combined with the birth of the Tea Party movement, led Republicans to win back two of these seats, giving them six seats to the Democrats' three.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
Incumbent Sec. Todd Rokita (R) was term-limited and could not run for reelection. Candidates to replace Rokita included Democrat Vop Osili, Republican Charlie White, and Libertarian Mike Wherry. At the time, no Democrat had won a Secretary of State election in 20 years, and only three Democrats had won the office since 1964.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
Olisi was a first-time candidate for office. He was an architect from Indianapolis. Olisi defeated Tom McKenna to win the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State at the state's Democratic Party Convention in Indianapolis, where Olisi's name was placed into nomination by Tom Henry.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
Tom McKenna, Olisi's opponent for the Democratic nomination, was a private attorney and a deputy prosecutor who had previously served in positions under governors Evan Bayh, Frank O'Bannon, and Joe Kernan, including as the head of the former Indiana Department of Commerce, an administrative judge law for the Indiana Department of Labor, and Kernan's chief of staff.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
Olisi promised to connect new businesses with state economic development programs and with companies that might be interested in their services. Olisi promised to support exploring efforts to modernize the voting process, including looking at online voter registration, longer voting hours, more early voting locations and no-excuse absentee voting. He voiced opposition to Indiana's voter identification law, arguing that it disenfranchised between 40,000 and 200,000 Indiana voters. Olisi's campaign placed an emphasis on job-creation.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
White promised to defend Indiana's voter ID law to ensure, "fair and accurate elections.” However, questions were raised about whether White had falsified his driver's license and residency, and therefore voted illegally, committing voter fraud


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
One important facet of the Secretary of State's position was that, as chief elections officer, they would decide control of the Indiana House in the instance it were to be split 50-50.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
Until September, the race had been seen as safely Republican. By October it was seen as a "tossup.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State
In what was seen to be shaping up as a Republican wave election, Osili hoped he could attract ticket splitting voters.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State, Results
White won the election with 57% of the vote, but was soon charged with voter fraud, and was convicted of this offense and removed from office in December 2011.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Secretary of State, Results
White was removed from office on February 4, 2012, after a jury convicted him on six felony counts including perjury, theft and voter fraud. A ruling by Judge Louis Rosenberg had found that since White had violated election law, and twas therefore ineligible to run, the Recount Commission should remove White from office and declare Osili as the winner by default. This decision was reversed. Ultimately, however, the courts ruled that, instead, Governor Mitch Daniels would be able to fill the vacancy created by White's removal from office.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican Treasurer Richard Mourdock ran for reelection. His Democratic opponent was Pete Buttigieg.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer
Democrat Buttigieg was considered a long-shot. Buttigieg was a political newcomer, a first-time candidate, and had never held public office, even proclaiming on his campaign website, "I'm a businessman who has never run for office before, but I have the education, experience and energy to lend a hand at this critical time in our state’s history." Buttigieg also lacked name recognition.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer
A main issue of contention was Mourdock's having invested $43 million of state pension funds and other state funds in Chrysler junk bonds, and having subsequently taken legal action tookin an attempt to stop Chrysler's bankruptcy plan (including the Chrysler-Fiat merger) from taking effect, Buttigieg criticized Mourdock both of these actions. Mourdock defended both actions


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer
Buttigieg urged Mourdock to hold a debate with him. This was to no avail, ultimately.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer
Mourdock's candidacy was seen as benefiting from running in a very republican-favorable election cycle and from being in a Republican-leaning state, making the strong favorite to win. In what was seen to be shaping up as a Republican wave election, Buttigieg hoped he could attract ticket splitting voters.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer, Result
Ahead of the election, the race was projected as leaning in Mourdock's favor.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer, Result
Mourdock won a second term as treasurer with 62% of the vote.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Treasurer, Result
Mourdock was the state's top vote-getter, receiving a greater number of votes than any other Indiana candidate in the 2010 elections.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Auditor
Incumbent Republican Auditor Tim Berry ran for reelection. He faced Democrat Sam Locke  and Libertarian Eric Knipe in the general election. At the time, no Democrat had won a State Auditor election in 28 years.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Auditor
Locke was a first-time candidate for office. He was a former United States Air Force officer and a current non-profit consultant from Floyds Knobs. He was unchallenged for the Democratic nomination.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Auditor
Locke pledged that, if elected, he would direct more state contracts to Indiana-based businesses. Locke promised to find ways to save the state money. Locke pledged to closely analyze state finances and attack wasteful spending. He also promised to audit automatic payments made by the state to ensure that duplicate payments were not being made. He also expressed an interest in making state transactions available and searchable in an online system. Locke's campaign placed an emphasis on job-creation. Locke promised that he would implement a more vigorous accounts payable and contract audit process.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Auditor
He also promised to advocate for "top-down government reform", promising to advocate for consolidation of the agencies involved in financial planning at the state level. He pledged to increase the usage of electronic records, phasing out the use of microfiche for record keeping. He pledged to increase the accessibility of public information. He also pledged that he would collaborate with other state officials to more accurately project the state's finances, arguing that a more "proactive approach" would negate the need for spending cuts proposed by the administration of Governor Mitch Daniels. Locke also proposed implementing third-party recovery audits. He promised to use the Auditor's office to cut "wasteful spending".


2010 Indiana elections, State, Auditor, Results
Berry won reelection with 58% of the vote to Locke's 37%.


2010 Indiana elections, State, State Senate
25 seats in the Indiana Senate were up for election in 2010, a majority of which were won by the Republicans.


2010 Indiana elections, State, State House of Representatives
All 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. A large majority of these were seized by the Republicans, giving them legislative dominance, but not enough to meet quorum without Democratic attendance.


2010 Indiana elections, State, Ballot measures
The measure passed at the polls, with 28% of voters against the proposition.


2010 Indiana elections, Local
Many elections for county offices were also held on November 2, 2010.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election
The 2010 United States House of Representatives special election for Indiana's Third congressional district occurred on November 2, 2010 to elect the successor to Mark Souder (R) who resigned upon admitting to an extramarital affair. This election coincided with the regularly scheduled election.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Background
Two weeks after winning renomination, Souder resigned both from office as U.S. Representative and as the Republican nominee for the Third district following the revelation of an affair with Tracy Meadows Jackson, a married female staffer. Governor Mitch Daniels (R), in the interest of cutting the costs of holding the election, scheduled the special election to succeed him to occur on the same day as the general election.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Nominating caucuses
As per Indiana state law, the parties held caucuses within thirty days following Souder's resignation to choose their nominees for the special election.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Nominating caucuses, Republican
Republicans held their caucus on June 12. State Senator Marlin Stutzman, the runner-up in the Republican U.S. Senatorial primary, won the nomination decisively in the second round over state Representative Randy Borror, car salesman Bob Thomas, Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown, and Ryan Elijah.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Nominating caucuses, Democratic
Democrats choose former Fort Wayne city councilman Tom Hayhurst, who had won the Democratic primary for the general election earlier, as their nominee for the special election.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Nominating caucuses, Libertarian
Tea Party activist and ex-Republican Scott W. Wise, also their nominee for the general election, was chosen as the Libertarian nominee for the special election.


2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election, Election results
Given the district's strong conservative bent, which at the time had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+14, Stutzman, as predicted by many political prognosticators, handily won the simultaneous special and general elections in November.


2010 Indianapolis 500
The 94th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 2010. It was the 15th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was the premier event of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race was won by Dario Franchitti, ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti. Tony Kanaan, who had started in the final position, ran as high as second during the race before finishing eleventh.


2010 Indianapolis 500
The race was the second of the three-year-long Centennial era, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500. It was the 53rd time the race had been held on a May 30. This year marked the first race with four female drivers (repeated in 2011), and Simona de Silvestro was awarded Rookie of the Year.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
The 2010 schedule was a two-week condensed schedule, but featured only one fewer day of on-track activity compared to 2009.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
Time trials opened at 12:00 p.m., with several cars ready in the qualifying line. In the first hour, early runs filled the field to 33 cars. Several drivers put in safe speeds, including John Andretti, Sarah Fisher, Vítor Meira, Alex Lloyd, Bruno Junqueira. A. J. Foyt IV parted ways with his grandfather's team and Jaques Lazier was drafted as his replacement.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
As of 1:00 p.m., the rear of the field consisted of the following drivers:


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
At about 1:10 p.m., a break in the qualifying line occurred, and the track was opened up for general practice. The temperature were rising into the low 90s °F, making it difficult to find speed out on the track. Most drivers stayed off the track during the hottest period of the afternoon, awaiting better conditions. At 5:23 p.m., Tony Kanaan took to the track in his repaired back-up car, and bumped his way into the field with a safe speed of 224.072 mph. Kanaan's run bumped Sebastián Saavedra of Bryan Herta Autosport from the field. Saavedra experienced trouble of his own, as he wrecked his car during a practice run Sunday afternoon. Saavedra was sent to the hospital, and would be unable to re-qualify. As of 5:30 p.m., Romancini was now on the bubble.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
As of approximately 5:30 p.m., the rear of the field consisted of the following drivers:


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
Mario Romancini withdrew his speed, and re-qualified, this time much faster. Jay Howard was now on the bubble. With twenty minutes remaining, Takuma Sato bumped Howard from the field. Paul Tracy now found himself on the bubble. With only fifteen minutes left in the day, the rear of the field consisted of the following drivers:


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
Jay Howard attempted to bump his way back in the field, but his run of 223.610 mph was too slow. Paul Tracy still clung to the 33rd position. In a surprising move, he withdrew his speed at 5:50 p.m. Tracy hoped to put in a safer speed, and prevent Howard from getting another chance to qualify. Tracy's withdraw re-instated Sebastián Saavedra to the 33rd position. Tracy, however, got very loose in the hot conditions, and his speed ended up being slower. He waved off after only two laps, and hurriedly got back into the qualifying line. After quick wave-offs by Jaques Lazier and Milka Duno, the clock was running out. Sensing they were finally safe, Tony Kanaan's crew pulled their car out of line. Howard moved back to the front of the qualifying line with Tracy second in line.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
With just minutes until the close of qualifying, the rear of the field consisted of the following drivers:


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
With two minutes left in the day, Jay Howard made his third and final attempt, in order to keep Tracy off the track. Howard's effort, however, was slower than the bubble speed. The 6 o'clock gun fired with Tracy still waiting in line. When Tracy withdrew his earlier attempt (223.892 mph), Sebastián Saavedra's car was re-instated to 33rd position, and he held on to make the field, while lying in a hospital bed. For the shoestring budget Bryan Herta Autosport team, the day was remembered as the "Bump Day Miracle."


2010 Indianapolis 500, Qualifying, Sunday May 23 – Bump Day
Milka Duno made three attempts during the day, and none were run to completion. Jaques Lazier, who took over at the Foyt team, found little speed in his three attempts, and also missed the field. Howard and Tracy, however, were the heartbreak stories of the day. After qualifying closed, Andretti Autosport decided to replace Tony Kanaan's qualified back-up car with the primary machine. The decision forced Kanaan to move to the 33rd position, but since he had qualified 32nd, it was a drop of only one spot on the grid.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
After the traditional starting command by Mari Hulman George, the pace car, driven by Robin Roberts, led the cars through the pace laps, followed by a special two-seater car driven by Michael Andretti and carrying Mark Wahlberg. Once the pace car came off the field, the two-seater sped around to join the back of the field, and honorary starter Jack Nicholson waved the green flag to start the race. (Nicholson refused to leave the flagstand and waved the green flag on the first two restarts, on laps 5 and 12.)


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
On the first lap, Davey Hamilton spun on turn two, bringing out the yellow flag. Hamilton blamed Tomas Scheckter, who had narrowly passed Hamilton on the outside, forcing Hamilton to correct. "Tomas Scheckter's an idiot... You know, he does it every year. I mean, it's not a surprise with him, and he gets away with it," said Hamilton. In just the half-lap of green-flag racing, however, Dario Franchitti had taken the lead, while Tony Kanaan had moved from the 33rd, final starting position to 25th.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
The race returned to green-flag racing on lap 5, but a spin by Bruno Junqueira brought out another caution for laps 8–11. By this time, Kanaan had moved up to 17th.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Franchitti held the lead for a long period of green-flag racing, until Will Power passed him for the lead on lap 31. However, on a pit stop, Power left before the fuel hose had been completely detached, leaving a coil dangling from his car. This would lead to a pit drive-through penalty for Power, dropping Power to 25th, as well as a caution period for debris as part of the coil fell onto the track. While Power would repeatedly work his way towards the front of the field, additional pit problems later in the race would lead to only an 8th-place finish.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Franchitti would maintain his lead beyond the halfway point of the race. Meanwhile, John Andretti spun into the wall on lap 65, and on the ensuing round of yellow-flag pit stops, both Scott Dixon and Raphael Matos lost wheels while pulling out and had to return to their pits. Kanaan improved eight spots, from 12th to 4th, on the same round of pit stops. Matos's race did not last much longer, as he spun into the wall on lap 73.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Vítor Meira hit the turn two wall in lap 106, bringing out the race's next caution. Ed Carpenter, who had been running well, had to come into the pits before they were officially open to avoid running out of fuel, but the rules then required him to come in again once the pits were open, costing him several spots. While most drivers came into the pits on the yellow, Tomas Scheckter stayed out, briefly taking the lead, but Franchitti quickly took it back after the race returned to green-flag status.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
A long stretch of green-flag racing followed. Kanaan passed Hélio Castroneves and Scheckter to take the second spot, but Franchitti pulled away and had a lead of 9.7 seconds over Kanaan by lap 142. A series of green-flag pits on laps 143–147 resulted in Marco Andretti and Ryan Briscoe briefly taking the lead, in turn, before they had to pit and Franchitti re-emerged as the leader, with Andretti Autosport teammates Andretti and Kanaan in second and third, respectively. On the same round of pits, Castroneves stalled his car leaving the pits, dropping him from third to sixteenth.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Continuing Penske Racing's problems, Briscoe crashed into the turn four wall on lap 148. Most drivers stayed out during this caution, but Castroneves pitted, hoping that there would be enough additional laps under caution to extend his fuel mileage and allow him to finish the race without pitting again. Kanaan passed Andretti under the following green flag to retake the second position.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
A spin by rookie Sebastián Saavedra on lap 161 brought out another caution, and most drivers came into the pits, but Mike Conway, Justin Wilson, Castroneves, and Graham Rahal all stayed out, taking the top four spots, respectively. In the end, none of the four had enough fuel to complete the race and all had to pit before the end of the race under a green flag, giving Franchitti the lead again on lap 192, with Kanaan again in second. Kanaan's hopes for a "worst-to-first" race came to an end on lap 196 when he had to come in for additional fuel.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Franchitti slowed in the final laps to conserve fuel, but he was still able to stay ahead of second-place Dan Wheldon, who was also trying to save fuel. A dramatic crash occurred in the final lap as Ryan Hunter-Reay ran out of fuel and slowed, and Mike Conway hit Hunter-Reay's car, flipping Conway's car and sending it airborne and into the protective fence, shattering the car. Conway's teammate Ana Beatriz spun into the inside wall while avoiding the crash ahead of her. This brought out a final caution, and Franchitti led the field to the checkered flag, winning his second Indianapolis 500.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Conway was airlifted to nearby Methodist Hospital with a broken lower left leg. Of the crash, Hunter-Reay said, "I'm sorry Mike is hurt... It was totally uncalled for. We weren't going to make it anyway. When you run out of fuel in these cars, it's like hitting the brakes. In hindsight, we should have stopped for fuel." It was the only multi-car crash of the race. Two spectators were treated for minor injuries from the crash. ESPN SportsCenter and ESPN'S NASCAR Now program reported on May 31, 2010 Conway also suffered compression to his lower back and suffered a bad fracture to one of his vertebrae in his neck.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
After skulling the traditional bottle of milk for the winner, Franchitti stated "this tastes just as good the second time", referring to his victory in the 2007 race. Franchitti led for 155 of the race's 200 laps. He survived the final 36 laps without taking a pit stop.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Franchitti's team's owner, Chip Ganassi had already won the Daytona 500 with Jamie McMurray. When McMurray won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, Ganassi became the first owner to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500, and Brickyard 400 in the same season. The Harley J. Earl Trophy had been brought to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway—the first time it had ever been away from Daytona—and it stood side by side with the Borg-Warner Trophy.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Dan Wheldon finished second. In a post-race interview, he suggested that it was a mistake to be as conservative as he was on fuel: "I could see [Franchitti] at the end... unfortunately, I should have kept going 'cause I had fuel in the car when it came into the pits." However, Franchitti also had additional fuel, with 1.6 gallons remaining in his tank at the end of the race, even after taking a cool-down lap. It was the second consecutive second-place finish for Wheldon at the Indianapolis 500, and, along with Vítor Meira's finish in 2008, the third for Panther Racing.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Marco Andretti was initially reported to have finished sixth, but a post-race review revealed that three drivers had passed him during the final caution period, and he was restored to third place in the official race results, giving him his third top-three finish in five starts at the Indianapolis 500. The same review also revealed that Simona de Silvestro passed Mario Romancini after the caution came out, making Romancini, not de Silvestro, the highest finishing rookie, at 13th.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Marco Andretti was one of the three Andretti Autosport drivers (out of the team's five entries) to finish in the top eleven, even though none of the Andretti drivers had qualified higher than sixteenth. As late as lap 191, four of the Andretti drivers had been in the top nine. Also among the Andretti drivers was Danica Patrick; starting twenty-third and finishing sixth, she scored the highest placement of the four female drivers in the race.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Hélio Castroneves, who started from the pole and was considered a pre-race favorite, finished ninth after his problematic pit stop, and his late-race fuel strategy failed to pan out. Castroneves praised Franchitti and took responsibility for his own finish, saying "I have to say, Dario was dominant. But this was the first time I feel like I let my guys down. We didn't have the best car, but we were better than ninth, certainly."


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Post-race summary
Tony Kanaan, who had started in last place and had run as high as second, finished eleventh after he had to pit for a final splash of fuel, but still garnered much applause from nearby fans as he exited his car after the race. Kanaan praised former teammate Franchitti: "The best car and the best driver today won the race."


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race results, Box Score
All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race results, Box Score
(*) Lloyd, Dixon, Patrick, and de Silvestro's finishing positions were adjusted downward after the race, for passing under yellow.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Race results, Race Leaders
8 drivers led the race, with a total of 13 lead changes.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC, the 46th consecutive year on that network. Marty Reid served as anchor. The telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
"Fast Friday" Practice, Time trials, and Carb Day were shown live in high definition on Versus. Bob Jenkins served as anchor, along with Robbie Buhl and Jon Beekhuis as analysts. Jack Arute, Robbie Floyd, and Lindy Thackston covered the pits.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was carried live on TSN and on RDS in Canada, and on ESPN Latin America. In Brazil, the race was carried live on Band TV/BandSports.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network. Mike King served as anchor. For the second time, Paul Page and Bob Jenkins joined the booth to offer commentary and observations. For the first time, the turn one reporting location was eliminated. Jerry Baker instead joined the booth as analyst. The turn one vantage point was eliminated due to the fact that the booth announcers had a clear view of that part of the track, and it allowed better continuity.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The driver expert was Indy Lights competitor James Hinchcliffe, who joined the crew for the first time. For the fourth year in a row, Davey Hamilton was part of the crew serving as live in-car reporter. However, he was involved in a crash at the start of the race, and was unable to give any reports. He instead visited the booth during the race.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chris Denari, the television voice of the Indiana Fever, covered a Fever game against the Shock Saturday night before the race in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then drove ten hours overnight back to Indianapolis to make it to the race on time.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
For 2010, a special change was made for the famous out-cue "Stay tuned for the greatest spectacle in racing." Rather than just have the chief announcer recite the line, numerous drivers from the starting field were recorded introducing themselves and reciting the cue. Each commercial break attempted to feature a different driver.


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: James HinchcliffeAnalyst: Jerry BakerAnalyst: Paul PageHistorian: Donald DavidsonLive in-car reports: Davey HamiltonCommentary: Bob Jenkins


2010 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: not usedTurn 2: Jake QueryTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari


2010 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2010 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 58th season in the National Football League, the 27th in Indianapolis, and the second under head coach Jim Caldwell. The defending AFC champions were looking to repeat as AFC champions and win it all in Super Bowl XLV to end their four-year championship drought. It was also the final season with Peyton Manning as the team's starting quarterback. They also clinched their ninth consecutive postseason appearance, tying the then all-time record for consecutive postseason appearances by a team with the Dallas Cowboys, who made the playoffs every season from 1975 to 1983.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season
Though the Colts failed to win 12 or more games for the first time since 2002, the team did win the AFC South division title for the seventh time in eight seasons, but were eliminated by the New York Jets in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, which also turned out to be Peyton Manning’s final game in a Colts uniform, as he would sit out next season to undergo neck surgery and was released by the team and subsequently signed with the Denver Broncos.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, 2010 NFL Draft
Having finished the season as the runner–up in the Super Bowl, the Colts held the 31st pick in each round. They had previously traded their sixth–round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for a seventh–round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The Colts began their season at Reliant Stadium in an AFC South duel against the Houston Texans. Indianapolis started the season going 3-and-out on their first offensive possession of the new year. The Texans got good field position with a big punt return from Jacoby Jones to set up a 30-yard field goal to give them a 3–0 lead. The offense continued to struggle throughout the first half, getting two first downs on the next drive, however, eventually having to punt.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The Texans continued to show energy on both offense and defense by scoring two more time, a field goal and a touchdown, giving the Texans a 13–0 lead halfway through the second quarter. The Colts eventually got the offense going late in the second quarter by scoring on a touchdown reception by Reggie Wayne, which broke the lead down to one possession. Adam Vinatieri made a 20-yard field goal at the end of the first half and the Colts went into the half trailing 13–10.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The momentum was seemingly shifting to Indianapolis, until Houston took almost eight minutes off the third quarter clock on a 15-play drive, 13 rushes, that resulted in one of Arian Foster's rushing touchdowns on the day to give Houston a 20–10 lead. Peyton Manning and the offense struggled throughout the third quarter with missed opportunities and continued to shoot themselves in the foot with penalties. With the start of the fourth quarter Houston scored another touchdown and broke the game open. The Colts would eventually score two touchdowns late in the game, only when there was no chance of a comeback.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
With the final score 34–24, the Colts were 0–1 to start a season for the first time since 2008, when they lost to the Chicago Bears.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
The 2010 meeting between the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants marked the second time that the two quarterback brothers of Peyton and Eli Manning met in a football game, the last coming in 2006. The game started out good early for the Colts with a running touchdown from Donald Brown and two separate stops by the defense against the Giants. As the second quarter began the Colts kept rolling on the offensive side of the ball.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Giants
Two touchdown passes during the second quarter and a field goal from Adam Vinatieri helped the Colts extend a halftime lead of 24–0. With the start of the third quarter the Giants came out and scored early on a touchdown pass to Mario Manningham from Eli Manning. With a 24–7 lead, the Colts continued to pound the Giants on defense, forcing a fumble which was returned for a touchdown. The fourth quarter continued with a touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne while the Giants eventually scored their second touchdown in the last minutes of the quarter. The Colts won the ballgame 38–14 ending their three-game regular season losing streak and improving their record on the season to 1–1.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Denver Broncos
The Colts traveled to Denver, Colorado for an AFC conference matchup with the Denver Broncos. The game started with punts by both teams on their own opening drives. The Colts then drove down the field and scored on a 38-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri. After a defensive interception set the Colts up down field, Indianapolis was forced to kick another field goal to extend their lead to 6–0 at the end of the first quarter.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Denver Broncos
The Colts offense did not stop firing with the start of the second quarter, Peyton Manning threw to Austin Collie for his first touchdown of the game and gave the Colts a 13–0 lead. With the start of the second quarter the Bronco offense came alive. However, many offensive mistakes and key plays caused Denver to get points only on a late field goal by Matt Prater. At halftime, the Indianapolis Colts held the lead of 13–3.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Denver Broncos
Denver received the ball first in the second half and was able to capitalize with a touchdown drive closing the game to a three-point margin. After switching possession, the Colts were able to respond with a touchdown drive that included Blair White, who was just signed from the practice squad prior to the game. Denver then scored a field goal late in the third quarter making the game a 20–13 contest heading into the fourth quarter. After defensive stops, the Colts were able to score a touchdown on another Austin Collie reception to take a commanding 27–13. The defense was able to stop the Broncos on their next possession allowing the Colts to win 27–13, and take their second straight game of the season, improving their record to 2–1.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Indianapolis Colts came into a crucial divisional matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars, with added importance after the season opening loss to the Texans. With the first possession of the ballgame, the Colts drove down the field with a mix of pass and run plays, scoring the opening touchdown of the game. However, Jacksonville returned the favor by going 76 yards to tie the game up, and by the end of the first quarter the game was tied at 7–7.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars
In the second quarter Maurice Jones-Drew scored on a touchdown run giving the Jaguars their first lead of the day, with the Colts eventually responded and tying the up 14–14 going into halftime. With the beginning of the second half both teams failed to score on their next possessions, with the Colts punting to the Jaguars midway through the third quarter. David Garrard threw his first touchdown pass of the day, giving the Jaguars a 21–14 lead towards the end of the third quarter.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the Colts trailing midway through the fourth quarter, Peyton Manning drove the team down the field to score on a Joseph Addai run. With the Jaguars responding and the Colts driving down the field to tie with 0:52 left, the game was a 28–28 with less than thirty seconds in the game. Jacksonville was able to get two big plays on their last drive of the game setting up Josh Scobee for a 59-yard field goal, which was good. The Indianapolis Colts started 0–2 in the AFC South for the first time following this loss, dropping out of first place and falling behind the Houston Texans.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
After losing the previous week to Jacksonville, the Indianapolis Colts came back home to Lucas Oil Stadium to battle with an undefeated Kansas City Chiefs team. The Chiefs' head coach, Todd Haley opened up the ballgame with an onside kick intended to give Kansas City the ball first. However, after it bounced less than 10 yards, the Colts received possession deep in Kansas City territory. Indianapolis was unable to capitalize on the good field position and forced Adam Vinatieri to kick a 20-yard field goal.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Throughout the first quarter neither teams' offenses were able to get into a rhythm and by the end of the first quarter the Colts held a slim lead by the score of 3–0. With the start of the second quarter the offensive woes continued. The Colts were again unable to score a touchdown on good field position and were forced to kick their second field goal of the day.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
After a failed running play of fourth down by the Colts, the Chiefs were able to move down the field on good passes by Matt Cassel and a penalty on the Colts and were able to kick a field goal. Going into halftime, the score was 6–3 Colts. The third quarter continued to prove to be a defensive struggle. The Colts kicked another field goal midway through, however the Chiefs drove down the field to score another field goal. A Peyton Manning interception set up another field goal by the Chiefs which tied the game at 9–9.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
At the beginning of the fourth quarter the Colts continued their scoring ways of the day with a fourth field goal from Vinatieri. Finally with four minutes left in the ballgame, Mike Hart broke open an 11-yard run for the only touchdown of the day by both teams. The Colts won the game 19–9 and improved to 3–2 on the season. With the Chiefs loss they were not longer an undefeated team in the NFL.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Washington Redskins
Coming off their home win over the Chiefs, the Colts flew to FedExField for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Washington Redskins on Sunday night. Indianapolis delivered the game's opening punch as quarterback Peyton Manning found wide receiver Pierre Garçon on a 57-yard touchdown pass, but the Redskins answered with running back Ryan Torain getting a 9-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, the Colts regained the lead as Manning hooked up with wide receiver Austin Collie on a 5-yard touchdown pass, followed by kicker Adam Vinatieri booting a 43-yard field goal.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Washington Redskins
Washington began the third quarter with Torain's 1-yard touchdown run, yet Indianapolis replied with running back Joseph Addai's 13-yard touchdown run. The Redskins would continue to remain close as kicker Graham Gano got a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Colts continued to add onto their lead as Vinatieri got a 33-yard field goal. Washington tried to rally as quarterback Donovan McNabb completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to running back Keiland Williams, yet Indianapolis' defense held tough to preserve the victory. With the win, the Colts improved to 4–2 and remained in a tie atop the AFC South division.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Washington Redskins
With about nine and a half minutes left in the second quarter, Peyton Manning suffered a painful hit from two Redskins defenders in which his back and neck bent violently backwards. Manning finished the season, but missed all of 2011 and suffered from neck issues for the rest of his career.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans
In a rematch of the opening game of the season, where the Houston Texans defeated the Indianapolis Colts 34–24, the Colts looked for revenge in their first Monday night game in Indianapolis since 2006. Both defenses came out strong in the beginning with both teams punting on their first drives. On the Colts second possession of the game, Indianapolis drove down the field for a Jacob Tamme touchdown, giving the Colts a 7–0 lead. Going into the second quarter, the Indianapolis offense and defense proved too much for the Texans.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans
Kelvin Hayden took a 25-yard interception to the end zone and gave Indianapolis a 14–0 lead. On the following drive, Houston went down into Colts territory, however was only able to score a field goal ending the Indianapolis shutout. An Adam Vinatieri field goal gave the Colts a 17–3 lead going into halftime. Houston came out of the locker room improved, however Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis offense continued to be productive scoring a touchdown on a Reggie Wayne reception in the beginning of the first half.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans
Following a Matt Schaub touchdown and another Vinatieri field goal, the Colts held a 27–10 lead going into the fourth quarter. With the Houston offense looking improved and the Indianapolis defense struggling, the Texans were able to score a touchdown on an Arian Foster run, while the Colts scored another field goal. With less than two minutes remaining in the game, a fumble by Schaub sealed the game with the final score being 30–17. With the win, Indianapolis moved to 5–2 on the season and held sole possession of first place for the first time in the 2010 season.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
On the road at Lincoln Financial Field, the Indianapolis Colts played a NFC opponent in the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time since the 2006 season. The game did not start well for the Colts who allowed the Eagles to score a quick touchdown on only 3 plays covering 72 yards. A Peyton Manning interception caused more concern as the Colts now found themselves under the gun halfway through the first quarter. Two key defensive stops allowed the Eagles to only score two field goals making it a 13–0 Eagles lead heading into the second quarter.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
A touchdown pass from Manning to Jacob Tamme allowed the Colts to get back into the game trailing the Eagles only 13–7. A Philadelphia field goal from David Akers added to the lead, however the Colts continued chipping away. A hard hit on wide receiver Austin Collie, who was returning from injury that week, caused a 10‑minute delay in the game in which he was strapped to a stripper and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed with a concussion.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Colts, playing with passion, drove down the field and scored a touchdown and field goal within the final two minutes of the half, giving them a 17–16 lead at halftime. The offensive production seen by the Colts in the second quarter was nowhere to be found in the third. The Colts began the third quarter with two three-and-outs while the Eagles got the lead back with a 44-yard field goal halfway through the quarter.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
Going into the fourth quarter, the Eagles were driving down into scoring position where a 1-yard run by Michael Vick gave the Eagles a 26–17 lead over the Colts. A continued lack of offensive production gave the Eagles the ball back and time to milk the clock. The Colts received the ball back with less than four minutes remaining in the game, trailing by two scores and drove down to score a touchdown.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Caldwell elected to kick the ball away to Philadelphia with 1:50 left, a first down and a defensive stop gave the Colts the ball back with less than 0:50 seconds in the game. After driving to midfield, Manning threw his second interception of the game and sealed the Indianapolis Colts third loss of the season.


2010 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Following their third loss of the season, the Indianapolis Colts entered their home game against the Cincinnati Bengals with a chance to regain the lead in the AFC South. Indianapolis came out energized in the first quarter where the Colts picked up a field goal with three minutes remaining in the quarter, and a Kelvin Hayden interception returned for a touchdown. The second quarter continued to see Colts dominance with a Javarris James touchdown run, extending the Colts lead to 17–0.