2022 Arizona State Treasurer election

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2022 Arizona State Treasurer election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
  Kimberly Yee by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg Martin Quezada by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Nominee Kimberly Yee Martín Quezada
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,390,1351,107,037
Percentage55.67%44.33%

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2022 Arizona Treasurer Election by Congressional District accurate version.svg
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Yee:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Quezada:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

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%.

Contents

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

Withdrew

Endorsements

David Livingston (withdrew)

U.S Representatives

Jeff Weninger

State legislators

Kimberly Yee

Organizations

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer Republican primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Bob Lettieri Jeff Weninger Kimberly Yee
1Jun. 27, 2022 KAET Ted Simons YouTube PPP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Bob
Lettieri
Jeff
Weninger
Kimberly
Yee
OtherUndecided
OH Predictive Insights [12] July 27, 2022502 (LV)± 4.4%7%12%33%48%
OH Predictive Insights [13] June 30 – July 2, 2022515 (LV)± 4.3%5%5%19%72%
Data Orbital (R) [14] June 1–3, 2022550 (LV)± 4.3%9%24%7%60%
OH Predictive Insights [15] April 4–5, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%3%7%21%69%

Results

Results by county
Yee
50-60%
60-70% 2022 Arizona state treasurer republican primary election.svg
Results by county
  Yee
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kimberly Yee (incumbent) 423,456 56.40%
Republican Jeff Weninger 203,75127.14%
Republican Bob Lettieri123,57416.46%
Total votes750,781 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martín Quezada 554,186 100.0%
Total votes554,186 100.0%

General election

Yee speaks at the 2022 AZGOP election night party in Scottsdale. Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee Speaks at the 2022 AZGOP Election Night Party.jpg
Yee speaks at the 2022 AZGOP election night party in Scottsdale.

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kimberly Yee Lee Murphy
1Oct. 3, 2022 KAET Stacey Barchenger
Ralph Begleiter
YouTube PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kimberly
Yee (R)
Martin
Quezada (D)
OtherUndecided
BSP Research/Shaw & Co. [17] [A] October 19–26, 20221,000 (RV)± 3.1%41%29%5% [b] 25%

Results

2022 Arizona State Treasurer election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kimberly Yee (incumbent) 1,390,135 55.67% +1.39%
Democratic Martín Quezada 1,107,03744.33%−1.39%
Total votes2,497,172 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

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

DistrictYeeQuezadaRepresentative
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

Notes

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

Partisan clients

  1. Poll conducted for Univision.

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