The2020 United States state treasurer elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect thestate treasurer in seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several otherfederal, 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 in2018 . Going into the election, there were 22 Republican state treasurers and 20 Democratic state treasurers. Five Republican state treasurers were up for election, of whomKelly Schmidt ofNorth 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 [ edit ] 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 byHillary Clinton in2016 (Washington), while Democrats were defending two states won byDonald Trump in2016 (Pennsylvania and West Virginia).
States where the margin of victory was under 1%:
Pennsylvania, 0.8% States where the margin of victory was under 10%:
North Carolina, 5.16% Washington, 6.9% Blue denotes races won by Democrats.Red denotes races won by Republicans.
Missouri State Treasurer election Turnout 70.83%[ 1] County resultsFitzpatrick: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Englund: 40–50% 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% '
Incumbent state treasurerScott Fitzpatrick ran and won re-election to a full term after he defeated Democratic nomineeVicki Englund with 59.1% of the vote.
North Carolina State Treasurer election County results Folwell: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%Chatterji: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Incumbent RepublicanDale Fowell won re-election to a second term after he defeated Democratic nominee Ronnie Chatterji with 51.2% of the vote.
North Dakota State Treasurer election
Incumbent Republican state treasurerKelly Schmidt was eligible to run for re-election but instead chose to retire. State RepresentativeThomas Beadle won, defeating Democratic nominee Mark Haugen.
Oregon State Treasurer election County resultsRead: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Gudman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Incumbent DemocraticTobias Read won re-election to a second term after he defeated Republican nominee Jeff Gudman with 51.7% of the vote.
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%
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election County resultsGarrity : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Torsella : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Incumbent Democratic state treasurerJoe Torsella ran for a second term but was defeated by Republican nomineeStacy Garrity .
Utah State Treasurer election
Incumbent Republican state treasurerDavid Damschen won re-election to a full term after he defeated Libertarian nominee Joseph Speciale.
Vermont State Treasurer election County resultsPearce: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Branagan: 40–50% 50–60%
Incumbent DemocraticBeth Pearce won re-election to a sixth term after she defeated Republican nomineeCarolyn Whitney Branagan .
Washington State Treasurer election County resultsPellicciotti : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Davidson : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Incumbent Republican state treasurerDuane Davidson ran for re-election but was defeated by Democratic nomineeMike 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 fromRepublican
West Virginia State Treasurer election County resultsMoore: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Perdue: 50–60% 60-70%
Incumbent Democratic state treasurerJohn Perdue ran for re-election but was defeated by Republican nomineeRiley Moore .
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John Perdue (incumbent)170,519 100.0% Total votes 170,519 100.0%
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