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.
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 State State Treasurer Party Firstelected Status Candidates Arkansas Republican 2023 (appointed) Interim appointee term-limitedRepublican hold. Missouri Republican 2023 (appointed) Incumbent elected to full term. North Carolina Republican 2016 Incumbent retired torun for governorRepublican hold. North Dakota Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Oregon Democratic 2016 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Pennsylvania Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Utah Republican 2022 Incumbent re-elected. Vermont Democratic 2022 Incumbent re-elected. Washington Democratic 2020 Incumbent re-elected. West Virginia Republican 2020 Incumbent retired torun for U.S. House.Republican hold.
Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 10%: North Carolina, 4.9% Oregon, 6.12% Pennsylvania, 6.26%
Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans.
Arkansas (special)
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.
Republican Secretary of State John Thurston and Democrat John Pagan the both won their respective nominations unopposed
Missouri
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. Challenging him in the Republican primary are state senator Andrew Koenig, state representative Cody Smith and attorney Lori Rook.
Financial advisor Lucas Johnson is the lone Democratic candidate as of February 2024.
North Carolina
Incumbent Republican Dale Folwell was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for governor.
Michael Bloomberg's investment manager Brad Briner won the Republican nomination defeating former North Carolina Education Lottery commissioner A.J. Daoud and Rachel Johnson.
State representative Wesley Harris won the Democratic nomination defeating Small Business Administration employee Gabe Esparza
North Dakota
Incumbent Republican Thomas Beadle is running for re-election to a second term.
Oregon
Incumbent Democrat Tobias Reed was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for secretary of state.
Democratic candidates include nonprofit executive Brett Baker, Republican nominee for this position in 2016 and 2020 Jeff Gudnam, and state senator Elizabeth Steiner.
Pennsylvania
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.
Utah
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.
Vermont
Incumbent Democrat Mike Pieciak is running for a second term.
Washington
Incumbent Democrat Mike Pellicciotti is running for a second term.
West Virginia
Incumbent Republican Riley Moore was eligible to run for a second term, but instead decided to run for U.S. House.
Republican acting West Virginia Secretary of Revenue Larry Pack is the only candidate to file for the position.
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