2020 United States state treasurer elections

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2020 United States state treasurer elections
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
9 state treasurer offices
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 22 20
Seats after 23 19
Seat change 1 1
Seats up 5 4
Seats won 6 3
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

The 2020 United States state treasurer elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the state treasurer in seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.

The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2016. The state treasurer of Vermont serves a two-year term and was last elected in 2018. Going into the election, there were 22 Republican state treasurers and 20 Democratic state treasurers. Five Republican state treasurers were up for election, of whom Kelly Schmidt of North Dakota was retiring. Four Democratic state treasurers were up for election, all seeking re-election.

Republicans flipped the state treasurer's office in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, while Democrats flipped the state treasurer's office in Washington.

Partisan composition

Going into these elections, this class of secretaries of state was made up of five Republicans and four Democrats. Republicans were defending one state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 (Washington), while Democrats were defending two states won by Donald Trump in 2016 (Pennsylvania and West Virginia).

Race summary

State State treasurer Party First
elected 		Status Candidates
Missouri Scott Fitzpatrick Republican 2019 (appointed) Incumbent elected to full term.
North Carolina Dale Folwell Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Y Dale Folwell (Republican) 52.58%
  • ▌Ronnie Chatterji (Democratic) 47.42%
North Dakota Kelly Schmidt Republican 2004 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Y Thomas Beadle (Republican) 65.6%
  • ▌Mark Haugen (Democratic) 33.95%
Oregon Tobias Read Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Y Tobias Read (Democratic) 51.7%
  • ▌Jeff Gudman (Republican) 41.5%
Pennsylvania Joe Torsella Democratic 2016 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Utah David Damschen Republican 2015 (appointed) Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Y David Damschen (Republican) 74.57%
  • ▌Joseph Speciale (Libertarian) 14.8%
Vermont Beth Pearce Democratic 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington Duane Davidson Republican 2016 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
West Virginia John Perdue Democratic 1996 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 1%:

  1. Pennsylvania, 0.8%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. North Carolina, 5.16%
  2. Washington, 6.9%

Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans.

Missouri

Main article: 2020 Missouri State Treasurer election
Missouri State Treasurer election
Turnout70.83%[1]
 
Nominee Scott Fitzpatrick Vicki Englund
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,742,943 1,122,547
Percentage 59.1% 38.1%
County results
Fitzpatrick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Englund:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%
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State Treasurer before election

Scott Fitzpatrick
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Scott Fitzpatrick
Republican

Incumbent state treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick ran and won re-election to a full term after he defeated Democratic nominee Vicki Englund with 59.1% of the vote.

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 597,408 100.0%
Total votes 597,408 100.0%
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vicki Englund 473,904 100.0%
Total votes 473,904 100.0%
2020 Missouri State Treasurer election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 1,742,943 59.10% 2.65
Democratic Vicki Englund 1,122,547 38.06% 1.31
Libertarian Nick Kasoff 64,615 2.19% 0.68
Green Joseph Civettini 19,107 0.65% 0.66
Total votes 2,949,212 100.00%
Republican hold

North Carolina

Main article: 2020 North Carolina Council of State election § State Treasurer
North Carolina State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Dale Folwell Ronnie Chatterji
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,812,799 2,537,019
Percentage 52.58% 47.42%
  • County results
  • Folwell:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
  • Chatterji:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
State Treasurer before election

Dale Folwell
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Dale Folwell
Republican

Incumbent Republican Dale Fowell won re-election to a second term after he defeated Democratic nominee Ronnie Chatterji with 51.2% of the vote.

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ronnie Chatterji 411,732 35.8
Democratic Dimple Ajmera 390,888 34.0
Democratic Matt Leatherman 347,226 30.2
Total votes 1,149,846 100.0
North Carolina State Treasurer election, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dale Folwell (incumbent) 2,812,799 52.58% −0.12%
Democratic Ronnie Chatterji 2,537,019 47.42% +0.12%
Total votes 5,349,818 100.0%
Republican hold

North Dakota

Main article: 2020 North Dakota elections § State Treasurer
North Dakota State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Thomas Beadle Mark Haugen
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 227,583 117,790
Percentage 65.60% 33.95%
State Treasurer before election

Kelly Schmidt
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Thomas Beadle
Republican

Incumbent Republican state treasurer Kelly Schmidt was eligible to run for re-election but instead chose to retire. State Representative Thomas Beadle won, defeating Democratic nominee Mark Haugen.

2020 North Dakota State Treasurer election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Beadle 227,583 65.60%
Democratic–NPL Mark Haugen 117,790 33.95%
Write-in 1,533 0.44%
Turnout 346,906 59.67%
Republican hold

Oregon

Main article: 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election
Oregon State Treasurer election
 
Candidate Tobias Read Jeff Gudman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,166,703 936,916
Percentage 51.7% 41.5%

County results
Read:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Gudman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
State Treasurer before election

Tobias Read
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Tobias Read
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Tobias Read won re-election to a second term after he defeated Republican nominee Jeff Gudman with 51.7% of the vote.

Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 464,429 98.73%
Write-in 5,956 1.27%
Total votes 470,385 100.0%
Republican primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Gudman 305,589 98.96%
Write-in 3,223 1.04%
Total votes 308,812 100.0%
2020 Oregon State Treasurer election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 1,166,703 51.68% +7.57%
Republican Jeff Gudman 936,916 41.50% +0.15%
Independent Party Chris Henry 99,870 4.43% −4.99%
Constitution Michael Marsh 51,894 2.30% N/A
Write-in 2,072 0.09% -0.10%
Total votes 2,257,455 100.0%
Democratic hold

Pennsylvania

Main article: 2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Stacy Garrity Joe Torsella
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 3,291,877 3,239,331
Percentage 48.7% 47.9%

County results
Garrity:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Torsella:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
State Treasurer before election

Joe Torsella
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Stacy Garrity
Republican

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Joe Torsella ran for a second term but was defeated by Republican nominee Stacy Garrity.

Democratic primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Torsella (incumbent) 1,381,763 100.0%
Total votes 1,381,763 100.0%
Republican primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stacy Garrity 1,047,510 100.0%
Total votes 1,047,510 100.0%
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2020[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Stacy Garrity 3,291,877 48.68% +4.47%
Democratic Joe Torsella (incumbent) 3,239,331 47.91% −2.75%
Libertarian Joseph Soloski 148,614 2.20% −0.05%
Green Timothy Runkle 81,984 1.21% −1.67%
Total votes 6,761,806 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Utah

Main article: 2020 Utah elections § Treasurer
Utah State Treasurer election
 
Nominee David Damschen Joseph Speciale Richard Proctor
Party Republican Libertarian Independent American
Popular vote 994,115 198, 549 140, 466
Percentage 74.57% 14.80% 10.54%
State Treasurer before election

David Damschen
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

David Damschen
Republican

Incumbent Republican state treasurer David Damschen won re-election to a full term after he defeated Libertarian nominee Joseph Speciale.

2020 Utah Treasurer election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Damschen (incumbent) 994,115 74.57%
Libertarian Joseph Speciale 198,549 14.89%
Independent American Richard Proctor 140,466 10.54%
Total votes 1,333,130 100.00%
Republican hold

Vermont

Main article: 2020 Vermont elections § Treasurer
Vermont State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Beth Pearce Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 197,255 114,177
Percentage 53.17% 30.78%
County results
Pearce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Branagan:      40–50%      50–60%
State Treasurer before election

Beth Pearce
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Beth Pearce
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Beth Pearce won re-election to a sixth term after she defeated Republican nominee Carolyn Whitney Branagan.

Washington

Main article: 2020 Washington elections § State treasurer
Washington State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Mike Pellicciotti Duane Davidson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,089,159 1,818,895
Percentage 53.4% 46.5%
County results
Pellicciotti:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Davidson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
State Treasurer before election

Duane Davidson
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Mike Pellicciotti
Democratic

Incumbent Republican state treasurer Duane Davidson ran for re-election but was defeated by Democratic nominee Mike Pellicciotti.

2020 Washington State Treasurer election[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti 1,279,452 53.2
Republican Duane Davidson (incumbent) 1,121,885 46.7
Write-in 2,604 0.1
Total votes 2,403,941 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti 2,089,159 53.4
Republican Duane Davidson (incumbent) 1,818,895 46.5
Write-in 3,339 0.1
Total votes 3,911,393 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

West Virginia

Main article: 2020 West Virginia State Treasurer election
West Virginia State Treasurer election
 
Nominee Riley Moore John Perdue
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 425,745 330,316
Percentage 56.31% 43.69%
County results
Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Perdue:      50–60%      60-70%
State Treasurer before election

John Perdue
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Riley Moore
Republican

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer John Perdue ran for re-election but was defeated by Republican nominee Riley Moore.

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent) 170,519 100.0%
Total votes 170,519 100.0%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Riley Moore 166,977 100.0%
Total votes 166,977 100.0%
General election results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Riley Moore 425,745 56.31%
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent) 330,316 43.69%
Total votes 756,061 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Notes

References

  1. ^ "ElectionData-2020.pdf" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State.
  2. ^ a b "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State.
  3. ^ "State of Missouri - Election Night Results". Missouri Secretary of State. December 8, 2020. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "03/03/2020 OFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  5. ^ "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Statewide Election Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. November 12, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "May 19, 2020, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. May 19, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "November 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Boockvar, Kathy. "Pennsylvania Elections – Office Results | State Treasurer". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 Presidential Election – Statewide". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Election Results". Associated Press. November 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "August 4, 2020 Primary Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "November 3, 2020 General Election Results - State Executive". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "November 3, 2020 General Election - Official Results". West Virginia State - Clarity Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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