2022 Arizona State Treasurer election

For related races, see 2022 United States treasurer elections.

2022 Arizona State Treasurer election

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Nominee Kimberly Yee Martín Quezada Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,390,135 1,107,037 Percentage 55.67% 44.33%

County results Congressional district results State legislative district results Precinct results Yee:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Quezada:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No votes

State Treasurer before election Kimberly Yee Republican Elected State Treasurer Kimberly Yee Republican

The 2022 Arizona State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the State Treasurer of Arizona, concurrently with other federal and state elections. Incumbent Republican Treasurer Kimberly Yee initially ran for governor, but suspended her campaign on January 15, 2022, and ran for re-election as the Republican nominee, defeating the Democratic nominee, State Senator Martín Quezada, by a margin of 11.4%.

Yee's was the largest margin of victory in a contested statewide election in Arizona in 2022, and this was considered one of the few highlights for the Arizona GOP in an otherwise lackluster cycle. ^[1] Yee was the only Republican to carry Maricopa County in a contested statewide election in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Bob Lettieri, former treasurer of the Arizona Republican Party ^{[2] [3]}
• Jeff Weninger, state representative for the 17th district ^[4]
• Kimberly Yee, incumbent state treasurer ^[5]

Withdrew

• Regina Cobb, state representative from the 5th district ^{[6] [7]} (endorsed Weninger)
• David Livingston, state senator from the 22nd district ^{[8] [9]} (running for state representative)

Endorsements

David Livingston (withdrew)

U.S Representatives

• Paul Gosar, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 4th congressional district (2011–present) ^[10]

Jeff Weninger

State legislators

• Regina Cobb, state representative for the 5th district (2015–2023) ^[7]

Kimberly Yee

Organizations

• Family Research Council Action PAC ^[11]

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer Republican primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Bob Lettieri	Jeff Weninger	Kimberly Yee
1	Jun. 27, 2022	KAET	Ted Simons	YouTube	P	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Bob Lettieri	Jeff Weninger	Kimberly Yee	Other	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights [12]	July 27, 2022	502 (LV)	± 4.4%	7%	12%	33%	–	48%
OH Predictive Insights [13]	June 30 – July 2, 2022	515 (LV)	± 4.3%	5%	5%	19%	–	72%
Data Orbital (R) [14]	June 1–3, 2022	550 (LV)	± 4.3%	–	9%	24%	7%	60%
OH Predictive Insights [15]	April 4–5, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	3%	7%	21%	–	69%

Results

Results by county

  Yee

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Republican primary results ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Yee (incumbent)	423,456	56.40%
	Republican	Jeff Weninger	203,751	27.14%
	Republican	Bob Lettieri	123,574	16.46%
Total votes			750,781	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Martín Quezada, state senator from the 29th district ^[8]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martín Quezada	554,186	100.0%
Total votes			554,186	100.0%

General election

Yee speaks at the 2022 AZGOP election night party in Scottsdale.

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Kimberly Yee	Lee Murphy
1	Oct. 3, 2022	KAET	Stacey Barchenger Ralph Begleiter	YouTube	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kimberly Yee (R)	Martin Quezada (D)	Other	Undecided
BSP Research/Shaw & Co. [17] [A]	October 19–26, 2022	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	41%	29%	5% [b]	25%

Results

2022 Arizona State Treasurer election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kimberly Yee (incumbent)	1,390,135	55.67%	+1.39%
	Democratic	Martín Quezada	1,107,037	44.33%	−1.39%
Total votes			2,497,172	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Yee won seven out of nine congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. ^[19]

District	Yee	Quezada	Representative
1st	56%	44%	David Schweikert
2nd	59%	41%	Tom O'Halleran (117th Congress)
			Eli Crane (118th Congress)
3rd	28%	72%	Ruben Gallego
4th	51%	49%	Greg Stanton
5th	64%	36%	Andy Biggs
6th	54%	46%	Ann Kirkpatrick (117th Congress)
			Juan Ciscomani (118th Congress)
7th	37%	63%	Raúl Grijalva
8th	62%	38%	Debbie Lesko
9th	68%	32%	Paul Gosar

See also

• 2022 Arizona elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

1. Poll conducted for Univision.

References

1. "Republican Treasurer Yee trounces Democrat | Arizona Capitol Times". November 17, 2022.
2. O'Conner, Jim (February 19, 2022). "Prescott Talks: Interview with Bob Lettieri, Candidate for Arizona State Treasurer" . Retrieved February 25, 2022.
3. "Republican Candidates for State Treasurer".
4. "Weninger throws hat into GOP state treasurer race". www.santansun.com. SanTan Sun News. September 14, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
5. "Arizona treasurer Kimberly Yee withdraws from Governor's race". www.ktar.com. KTAR-FM. January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
6. Latch, Lacey (August 2, 2021). "Arizona Rep. Regina Cobb announces run for state treasurer". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
7. Stern, Ray (September 1, 2021). "Jeff Weninger to run for Arizona treasurer; Regina Cobb drops out". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
8. Estrada, Melissa. "Who's running for Arizona treasurer? Here are the major candidates". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
9. "Livingston Will Move From Treasurer's Race Back To Legislature". December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
10. "Congressman Paul Gosar Endorses David Livingston". September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
11. "FRC Action PAC Endorses Kimberly Yee for Arizona Treasurer". July 29, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
12. OH Predictive Insights ^[usurped]
13. OH Predictive Insights ^[usurped]
14. Data Orbital (R)
15. OH Predictive Insights ^[usurped]
16. Arizona Secretary of State (August 22, 2022). "State of Arizona Official Canvass – August 2, 2022, Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
17. BSP Research/Shaw & Co.
18. "2022 General Election Statewide Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
19. "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Martín Quezada (D) for State Treasurer
• Kimberly Yee (R) for State Treasurer