2020 United States state treasurer elections

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2020 United States state treasurer elections

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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.	▌Y Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican) 59.1% ▌ Vicki Englund (Democratic) 38.1% ▌Nick Kasoff (Libertarian) 2.19%
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.	▌Y Stacy Garrity (Republican) 48.7% ▌ Joe Torsella (Democratic) 47.9% ▌Joseph Soloski (Libertarian) 2.2%
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.	▌Y Beth Pearce (Democratic) 53.17% ▌ Carolyn Whitney Branagan (Republican) 30.78%
Washington	Duane Davidson	Republican	2016	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Mike Pellicciotti (Democratic) 53.4% ▌ Duane Davidson (Republican) 46.5%
West Virginia	John Perdue	Democratic	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Riley Moore (Republican) 56.31% ▌ John Perdue (Democratic) 43.69%

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

←  2016 2024  →
Turnout	70.83% [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% '
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

←  2016 2024  →

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

←  2016 2024  →

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

←  2016 2024  →

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

←  2016 2024  →

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

←  2016 2022 (special)  →

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

←  2018 2022  →

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 State Treasurer election

Washington State Treasurer election

←  2016 2024  →

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

←  2016 2024  →

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

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