2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

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2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
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Nominee Stacy Garrity Joe Torsella
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,291,8773,239,331
Percentage48.7%47.9%
2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election results map by county.svg
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Garrity:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Torsella:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%     No data
Treasurer before election

Joe Torsella
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Stacy Garrity
Republican

The Pennsylvania Treasurer election of 2020 took place on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020. [1] Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Joe Torsella was running for a second term against Republican Stacy Garrity.

Contents

On November 10, 2020, a week following election day, Torsella conceded to Garrity as she led him with 48.9% of the vote. Garrity's victory was an upset, with Torsella having a sizable fundraising advantage and consistently leading in polling throughout the campaign. [2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Torsella (incumbent) 1,381,763 100.0%
Total votes1,381,763 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Stacy Garrity, businesswoman and U.S. military veteran [5]

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stacy Garrity 1,047,510 100.0%
Total votes1,047,510 100.0%

General election

Endorsements

Joe Torsella (D)

U.S. Presidents

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Torsella (D)		Stacy
Garrity (R)		OtherUndecided
Monmouth University [7] September 28 – October 4, 2020500 (RV)± 4.4%47%41%2% [b] 10%
500 (LV)47% [c] 42%––
47% [d] 43%––
CPEC [8] September 15–17, 2020830 (LV)± 2.3%24%16%1%58%
Monmouth University [9] August 28–31, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%45%40%3% [e] 14%
400 (LV)46% [f] 41%1%12%
45% [g] 42%0%12%

Results

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2020 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Stacy Garrity 3,291,877 48.68% +4.47%
Democratic Joe Torsella (incumbent)3,239,33147.91%−2.75%
Libertarian Joseph Soloski148,6142.20%−0.05%
Green Timothy Runkle81,9841.21%−1.67%
Total votes6,761,806 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Garrity and Torsella each won 9 of 18 congressional districts. Each candidate won a district that elected a representative of the other party. [11]

DistrictTorsellaGarrityRepresentative
1st 50%47% Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd 70%27% Brendan Boyle
3rd 88%9% Dwight Evans
4th 58%39% Madeleine Dean
5th 62%36% Mary Gay Scanlon
6th 52%44% Chrissy Houlahan
7th 50%47% Susan Wild
8th 48%49% Matt Cartwright
9th 34%62% Dan Meuser
10th 44%52% Scott Perry
11th 34%62% Lloyd Smucker
12th 29%68% Fred Keller
13th 26%71% John Joyce
14th 37%60% Guy Reschenthaler
15th 28%69% Glenn Thompson
16th 39%57% Mike Kelly
17th 49%48% Conor Lamb
18th 63%33% Mike Doyle

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "No one" and Soloski (L) with 1%; "Other candidate" and Runkle (G) with 0%
  3. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
  4. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
  5. ↑ "No one" with 2%; Soloski (L) with 1%; Runkle (G) with 0%
  6. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  7. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

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