2020 United States state treasurer elections

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2020 United States state treasurer elections
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 2019November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03) 2022  

9 state treasurer offices
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2220
Seats after2319
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Seats up54
Seats won63

2020 United States state treasurer elections results map.svg
     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.

Contents

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. 5 Republican state treasurers were up for election, of whom Kelly Schmidt of North Dakota was retiring. 4 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 is made up of 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Republicans were defending one state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 (Washington), while Democrats are defending two state won by Donald Trump in 2016 (Pennsylvania and West Virginia).

Race summary

StateState TreasurerPartyFirst
elected
StatusCandidates
Missouri Scott Fitzpatrick Republican2019 (appointed)Incumbent elected to full term.
North Carolina Dale Folwell Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dale Folwell (Republican) 52.58%
  • Ronnie Chatterji (Democratic) 47.42%
North Dakota Kelly Schmidt Republican 2004 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Thomas Beadle (Republican) 65.6%
  • Mark Haugen (Democratic) 33.95%
Oregon Tobias Read Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tobias Read (Democratic) 51.7%
  • Jeff Gudman (Republican) 41.5%
Pennsylvania Joe Torsella Democratic 2016 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Utah David Damschen Republican2015 (appointed)Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY 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

Missouri State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
Turnout70.83% [1]
  MO Auditors - 39 Scott Fitzpatrick.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Scott Fitzpatrick Vicki Englund
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,742,9431,122,547
Percentage59.1%38.1%

Missouri State Treasurer Election Results by County, 2020.svg 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 597,408 100.0%
Total votes597,408 100.0%
Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vicki Englund 473,904 100.0%
Total votes473,904 100.0%
2020 Missouri State Treasurer election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Scott Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 1,742,943 59.10% Increase2.svg 2.65
Democratic Vicki Englund 1,122,54738.06%Decrease2.svg 1.31
Libertarian Nick Kasoff64,6152.19%Decrease2.svg 0.68
Green Joseph Civettini19,1070.65%Decrease2.svg 0.66
Total votes2,949,212 100.00%
Republican hold

North Carolina

North Carolina State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
  Dale Wiki.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Dale Folwell Ronnie Chatterji
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,812,7992,537,019
Percentage52.58%47.42%

2020 North Carolina State Treasurer election results by county map.svg
  • 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronnie Chatterji 411,732 35.8
Democratic Dimple Ajmera 390,88834.0
Democratic Matt Leatherman347,22630.2
Total votes1,149,846 100.0
North Carolina State Treasurer election, 2020 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dale Folwell (incumbent) 2,812,799 52.58% −0.12%
Democratic Ronnie Chatterji2,537,01947.42%+0.12%
Total votes5,349,818 100.0%
Republican hold

North Dakota

North Dakota State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
 
Nominee Thomas Beadle Mark Haugen
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote227,583117,790
Percentage65.60%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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Beadle 227,583 65.60%
Democratic–NPL Mark Haugen117,79033.95%
Write-in 1,5330.44%
Turnout 346,90659.67%
Republican hold

Oregon

Oregon State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
  Tobias Read 2017.jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Tobias Read Jeff Gudman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,166,703936,916
Percentage51.7%41.5%

Oregon Treasurer Election Results by County, 2020.svg
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 464,429 98.73%
Write-in 5,9561.27%
Total votes470,385 100.0%
Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Gudman 305,589 98.96%
Write-in 3,2231.04%
Total votes308,812 100.0%
2020 Oregon State Treasurer election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 1,166,703 51.68% +7.57%
Republican Jeff Gudman936,91641.50%+0.15%
Independent Party Chris Henry99,8704.43%−4.99%
Constitution Michael Marsh51,8942.30%N/A
Write-in 2,0720.09%-0.10%
Total votes2,257,455 100.0%
Democratic hold

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
  Stacy Garrity, 2024 (cropped).jpg Joe Torsella.jpg
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
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Torsella (incumbent) 1,381,763 100.0%
Total votes1,381,763 100.0%
Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stacy Garrity 1,047,510 100.0%
Total votes1,047,510 100.0%
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

Utah

Utah State Treasurer election
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  2016
 
Nominee David Damschen Joseph SpecialeRichard Proctor
Party Republican Libertarian Independent American
Popular vote994,115198, 549140, 466
Percentage74.57%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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Damschen (incumbent) 994,115 74.57%
Libertarian Joseph Speciale198,54914.89%
Independent American Richard Proctor140,46610.54%
Total votes1,333,130 100.00%
Republican hold

Vermont

Vermont State Treasurer election
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  2018
2022  
  Beth Pearce.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Beth Pearce Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote197,255114,177
Percentage53.17%30.78%

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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

Washington State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
  Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti.jpg Duane Davidson.jpg
Nominee Mike Pellicciotti Duane Davidson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,089,1591,818,895
Percentage53.4%46.5%

2020 Washington Treasurer election results map by county.svg
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti 1,279,45253.2
Republican Duane Davidson (incumbent)1,121,88546.7
Write-in 2,6040.1
Total votes2,403,941 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti 2,089,159 53.4
Republican Duane Davidson (incumbent)1,818,89546.5
Write-in 3,3390.1
Total votes3,911,393 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

West Virginia

West Virginia State Treasurer election
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  2016
2024  
  3x4.svg John Perdue.jpg
Nominee Riley Moore John Perdue
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote425,745330,316
Percentage56.31%43.69%

2020 West Virginia Treasurer Election Results.svg
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent) 170,519 100.0%
Total votes170,519 100.0%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Riley Moore 166,977 100.0%
Total votes166,977 100.0%
General election results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Riley Moore 425,745 56.31%
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent)330,31643.69%
Total votes756,061 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Notes

    References

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    2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.