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2024 United States state treasurer elections

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The 2024 United States state treasurer elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the state treasurer and equivalents in nine states, plus a special election in Arkansas. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020. The treasurer of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2022.

Quick facts 10 state treasurer offices, Majority party ...
2024 United States state treasurer elections

← 2023
November 5, 2024
2026 →
← 2020
2028 →

10 state treasurer offices[a]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 25 12
Seats after 25 12
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 11,450,644 8,665,665
Percentage 56.90% 43.06%
Seats up 7 3
Seats won 7 3

2024 Arkansas State Treasurer special election2024 Oregon State Treasurer election2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election2024 Missouri State Treasurer election2024 North Carolina State Treasurer election2024 North Dakota State Treasurer election2024 Utah State Treasurer election2024 Vermont State Treasurer election2024 Washington State Treasurer election2024 West Virginia State Treasurer election
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
     No election
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These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.

Partisan composition

Going into these elections, this class of treasurers was made up of 7 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans were defending one state won by Joe Biden in 2020 (Pennsylvania), while Democrats did not hold any states won by Donald Trump.

Race summary

More information State, State Treasurer ...
State State Treasurer Party First
elected
Status Candidates
Arkansas Larry Walther Republican 2023 (appointed) Interim appointee term-limited[b]
Republican hold.
Missouri Vivek Malek Republican 2023 (appointed) Incumbent elected to full term.
  • ▌Green tickY Vivek Malek (Republican) 57.93%
  • ▌Mark Osmack (Democratic) 38.04%
  • ▌John Hartwig (Libertarian) 2.80%
North Carolina Dale Folwell Republican 2016 Incumbent retired to
run for governor[1]
Republican hold.
North Dakota Thomas Beadle Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
Oregon Tobias Read Democratic 2016 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Pennsylvania Stacy Garrity Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Stacy Garrity (Republican) 51.91%
  • ▌Erin McClelland (Democratic) 45.65%
  • ▌Nick Ciesielski (Libertarian) 1.45%
Utah Marlo Oaks Republican 2022 Incumbent re-elected.
Vermont Mike Pieciak Democratic 2022 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mike Pieciak (Democratic) 60.79%
  • ▌Joshua Bechhoefer (Republican) 39.09%
Washington Mike Pellicciotti Democratic 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
West Virginia Riley Moore Republican 2020 Incumbent retired to
run for U.S. House.[2]
Republican hold.
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Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. North Carolina, 4.9%
  2. Oregon, 6.12%
  3. Pennsylvania, 6.26%

Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans.

Arkansas (special)

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Arkansas State Treasurer special election

← 2022
2026 →
 
Nominee John Thurston John Pagan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 755,156 350,210
Percentage 65.37% 30.32%

County results
Thurston:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Pagan:      50–60%
Tie:      40–50%

State Treasurer before election

Larry Walther
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

John Thurston
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Treasurer Larry Walther was appointed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders after the death of Mark Lowery. Walther cannot run for re-election per the state constitution.[3]

Republican Secretary of State John Thurston and Democrat John Pagan the both won their respective nominations unopposed[4]

Missouri

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Missouri State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Vivek Malek Mark Osmack
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,684,714 1,106,236
Percentage 57.93% 38.04%

County results
Malek:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Osmack:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election

Vivek Malek
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Vivek Malek
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Treasurer Vivek Malek was appointed by Governor Mike Parson after Scott Fitzpatrick resigned after successfully running for state auditor. Malek is running for a full term.[5] Challenging him in the Republican primary are state senator Andrew Koenig, state representative Cody Smith and attorney Lori Rook.[6][7][8]

Financial advisor Lucas Johnson is the lone Democratic candidate as of February 2024.[6]

North Carolina

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
North Carolina State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Brad Briner Wesley Harris
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,900,059 2,629,444
Percentage 52.45% 47.55%

County results
Briner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Harris:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election

Dale Folwell
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Brad Briner
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Dale Folwell was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for governor.[1]

Michael Bloomberg's investment manager Brad Briner won the Republican nomination defeating former North Carolina Education Lottery commissioner A.J. Daoud and Rachel Johnson.[9][10][11]

State representative Wesley Harris won the Democratic nomination defeating Small Business Administration employee Gabe Esparza[12][13]

North Dakota

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
North Dakota State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Thomas Beadle
Party Republican
Popular vote 303,730
Percentage 98.08%

County results
Beadle:      >90%

State Treasurer before election

Thomas Beadle
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Thomas Beadle
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Thomas Beadle is running for re-election to a second term.[14]

Oregon

Quick facts Candidate, Party ...
Oregon State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Candidate Elizabeth Steiner Brian Boquist Mary King
Party Democratic Republican Working Families
Popular vote 1,050,119 919,794 155,473
Percentage 49.36% 43.24% 7.31%


County results
Steiner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Boquist:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

State Treasurer before election

Tobias Read
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Elizabeth Steiner
Democratic

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Incumbent Democrat Tobias Reed was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for secretary of state.[15]

Democratic candidates include nonprofit executive Brett Baker, Republican nominee for this position in 2016 and 2020 Jeff Gudnam, and state senator Elizabeth Steiner.[16][17][18]

Pennsylvania

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Stacy Garrity Erin McClelland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 3,542,336 3,115,393
Percentage 51.91% 45.65%

County results
Garrity:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McClelland:      50–60%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election

Stacy Garrity
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Stacy Garrity
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Stacy Garrity is running for a second term. Challenging her is psychologist and 2014 and 2016 12th congressional district Democratic nominee Erin McClelland who won the Democratic nomination defeating state representative Ryan Bizzarro.[19]

Utah

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Utah State Treasurer election

 
Nominee Marlo Oaks Neil Hansen Miles Pomeroy
Party Republican Democratic Forward
Popular vote 920,760 420,883 76,212
Percentage 64.94% 29.68% 5.38%

County results
Oaks:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hansen:      40–50%

State Treasurer before election

Marlo Oaks
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Marlo Oaks
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Marlo Oaks is running for a full term. Challenging him are Democratic candidate former state representative Neil Hansen and Forward Party candidate Miles Pomeroy.[20]

Vermont

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Vermont State Treasurer election

← 2022
2026 →
 
Nominee Mike Pieciak Joshua Bechhoefer
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 211,134 135,763
Percentage 60.79% 39.09%

Pieciak:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Bechhoefer:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%

State Treasurer before election

Mike Pieciak
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Mike Pieciak
Democratic

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Incumbent Democrat Mike Pieciak is running for a second term.

Washington

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
Washington State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Mike Pellicciotti Sharon Hanek
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,148,764 1,600,370
Percentage 57.26% 42.65%

County results
Pellicciotti:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hanek:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election

Mike Pellicciotti
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Mike Pellicciotti
Democratic

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Incumbent Democrat Mike Pellicciotti is running for a second term.

West Virginia

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
West Virginia State Treasurer election

← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Larry Pack
Party Republican
Popular vote 602,718
Percentage 99.93%

County results
Pack:      >90%

State Treasurer before election

Riley Moore
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Larry Pack
Republican

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Incumbent Republican Riley Moore was eligible to run for a second term, but instead decided to run for U.S. House.[2]

Republican acting West Virginia Secretary of Revenue Larry Pack is the only candidate to file for the position.[21]

Notes

  1. Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect state treasurers or territorial state treasurers.
  2. The Arkansas State Constitution prohibits appointees from running for re-election.

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