2022 Wisconsin State Treasurer election

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Wisconsin State Treasurer election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 2026  
 
Nominee John Leiber Aaron Richardson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,293,5531,254,949
Percentage49.62%48.14%

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Leiber:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Richardson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%     50%
     No data

Treasurer before election

Sarah Godlewski
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

John Leiber
Republican

The 2022 Wisconsin State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next state treasurer of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Party Treasurer Sarah Godlewski chose not to seek re-election, instead unsuccessfully running for US Senate.

Contents

Republican John Leiber narrowly defeated Democrat Aaron Richardson in the general election. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Did not file

Declined

Endorsements

Gillian Battino
Angelito Tenorio

State senators

State assemblymembers

County officials

Mayors

City councilmembers

Aldermembers

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Gillian
Battino
Aaron
Richardson
Angelito
Tenorio
Undecided
Change Research (D) [13] [A] July 1–7, 2022560 (LV)± 4.6%7%6%6%75%

Results

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Richardson
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Battino
30-40%
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  Richardson
  •   30-40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Battino
  •   30-40%
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Aaron Richardson 168,905 38.40%
Democratic Gillian Battino159,90236.36%
Democratic Angelito Tenorio111,01225.24%
Total votes439,819 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Orlando Owens, activist and pastor [16]

Endorsements

Orlando Owens

Results

Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Leiber 357,384 65.76%
Republican Orlando Owens186,08434.24%
Total votes543,468 100.0%

Constitution Party primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Andrew Zuelke, chairman of the Wisconsin Constitution Party [18]

Results

Constitution Party primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitution Andrew Zuelke 230 100.0%
Total votes230 100.0%

General election

Results

Wisconsin State Treasurer election, 2022 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Leiber 1,293,553 49.62% +2.85%
Democratic Aaron Richardson1,254,94948.14%−2.75%
Constitution Andrew Zuelke57,3332.20%−0.09%
Write-in 1,2680.05%-0.01%
Plurality38,6041.48%-3.96%
Total votes2,607,103 100.0% -2.61%
Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Leiber won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [19]

DistrictRichardsonLeiberRepresentative
1st 46%51% Bryan Steil
2nd 70%28% Mark Pocan
3rd 46%51% Ron Kind (117th Congress)
Derrick Van Orden (118th Congress)
4th 75%23% Gwen Moore
5th 35%63% Scott L. Fitzgerald
6th 39%58% Glenn Grothman
7th 38%60% Tom Tiffany
8th 40%58% Mike Gallagher

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. This poll was sponsored by 314 Action Fund, which supports Battino for state treasurer

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