2022 Connecticut State Treasurer election

2022 Connecticut State Treasurer election

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Nominee Erick Russell Harry Arora Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 652,907 559,141 Percentage 52.40% 44.93%

County results Municipality results Congressional district results Russell:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%      70–80%     80–90% Arora:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

State Treasurer before election Shawn Wooden Democratic Elected State Treasurer Erick Russell Democratic

The 2022 Connecticut State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next Connecticut State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Shawn Wooden did not seek re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Erick Russell, former vice chair of the Democratic Party of Connecticut ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Dita Bhargava, COO of Catalan Investments and candidate for treasurer in 2018 ^[2]
• Karen DuBois-Walton, chief executive of the New Haven Housing Authority and chair of the Connecticut State Board of Education ^[3]

Declined

• Arunan Arulampalam, lawyer and candidate for treasurer in 2018 (endorsed Russell) ^[4]
• Rodney Butler, chair of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation ^[5]
• Adam Cloud, Hartford city treasurer (endorsed Dubois-Walton) ^[1]
• Shawn Wooden, incumbent state treasurer ^[6]

Endorsements

Karen DuBois-Walton

Local officials

• Adam Cloud, Hartford city treasurer ^[1]
• Vince "Vinnie" Mauro, chair of the New Haven democratic party ^[7]

Organizations

• Connecticut Working Families Party ^[8]

Erick Russell

Statewide officials

• Natalie Braswell, Connecticut State Comptroller (2021–) ^[1]
• Matthew Ritter, speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives ^[1]
• Nancy Wyman, former lieutenant governor of Connecticut (2011–2019) ^[1]

Local officials

• Darryl Brackeen Jr., New Haven alderman ^[9]

Organizations

• Democratic Party of Connecticut ^[10]
• LGBTQ Victory Fund ^[11]

Declined to endorse

Statewide officials

• Ned Lamont, governor of Connecticut (2019–) ^[4]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erick Russell	63,726	57.52%
	Democratic	Dita Bhargava	25,253	22.79%
	Democratic	Karen DuBois-Walton	21,814	19.69%
Total votes			110,793	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Harry Arora, state representative from the 151st district (2020–) and Republican nominee for Connecticut's 4th congressional district in 2018 ^{[13] [14]}

General election

Results

2022 Connecticut State Treasurer election ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Erick Russell	631,819	50.77%	−2.01%
	Working Families	Erick Russell	20,212	1.62%	−0.67%
	Total	Erick Russell	652,031	52.39%	-2.67%
	Republican	Harry Arora	559,123	44.93%	+1.30%
	Independent Party	Jennifer Baldwin	24,709	1.99%	N/A
	Libertarian	JoAnna Laiscell	8,564	0.69%	−0.45%
Total votes			1,244,427	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Russell won four of five congressional districts with Arora winning the remaining one, which elected a Democrat. ^[16]

District	Russell	Arora	Representative
1st	58%	39%	John B. Larson
2nd	50%	47%	Joe Courtney
3rd	54%	44%	Rosa DeLauro
4th	53%	45%	Jim Himes
5th	47%	50%	Jahana Hayes

References

1. Bergman, Julia (April 14, 2022). "Former vice chair of CT Democratic Party runs for state treasurer". www.stamfordadvocate.com. Stamford Advocate . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
2. Bergman, Julia (April 11, 2022). "Greenwich's Dita Bhargava first Democrat to declare for CT treasurer's race". www.ctinsider.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
3. Breen, Thomas (April 15, 2022). "DuBois-Walton Makes Treasurer Run Official". www.newhavenindependent.org. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
4. McQuaid, Hugh (April 11, 2022). "Race For State Treasurer Begins To Take Shape After Wooden's Announcement" . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
5. Bergman, Julia (April 7, 2022). "Wooden's surprise decision sets off flurry among Democrats for state Treasurer race". www.newstimes.com. The News-Times . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
6. "State Treasurer Shawn Wooden Says He Won't Seek Re-Election". WVIT . April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
7. Pazniokas, Mark (April 14, 2022). "3 Democrats seeking to be CT treasurer begin a sprint to the convention". ctmirror.org. The Connecticut Mirror . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
8. "Connecticut Working Families Party announces candidate endorsements for Treasurer, Comptroller, and Secretary of the State". May 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
9. Bograd, Sabie (April 22, 2022). "Two New Haveners join race for state treasurer". www.yaledailynews.com. Yale Daily News . Retrieved April 24, 2022.
10. Brown, Andrew (May 7, 2022). "CT Democrats weigh race, gender diversity in treasurer, SOTS picks". The Connecticut Mirror . Retrieved July 1, 2022.
11. "LGBTQ Victory Fund Endorses 23 LGBTQ Candidates, Including Patrick Branco in Hawaii and Erick Russell in Connecticut". LGBTQ Victory Fund. June 22, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
12. "2022 Aug 9 – Democratic Primary: Treasurer". Connecticut Secretary of State .
13. Borsuk, Ken (February 7, 2022). "Harry Arora, a Greenwich Republican, weighs bid for possible run for state treasurer". www.greenwichtime.com. Greenwich Time . Retrieved February 14, 2022.
14. Borsuk, Ken (March 23, 2022). "Greenwich's Harry Arora to run for state treasurer: The state rep. made it official he is seeking the GOP nod". www.greenwichtime.com. Greenwich Time . Retrieved April 13, 2022.
15. "2022 General Election – Treasurer". Connecticut Secretary of State.
16. "State of Connecticut Elections Database » 2022 Nov 8 :: General Election :: Treasurer :: State of Connecticut". State of Connecticut Elections Database. Archived from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Harry Arora (R) for Treasurer
• Dita Bhargava (D) for Treasurer
• Karen Dubois-Walton (D) for Treasurer
• Erick Russell (D) for Treasurer