The 2020 West Virginia State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the state treasurer of West Virginia. Incumbent Democrat John Perdue lost re-election to a seventh term to Republican nominee Riley Moore, who won 48 out of 55 counties. Primary elections were held on June 9. Perdue and Moore both won their primaries unopposed.

This was the first time since W. S. Johnson's victory in 1928 that a Republican was elected to the West Virginia state treasurer’s office.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee John Perdue, incumbent state treasurer

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Riley Moore, former state delegate

Results

General election Results

By county CountyRiley MooreRepublicanJohn PerdueDemocratic#%#%Barbour3,94261.58%2,45938.42%Berkeley33,16566.39%16,79133.61%Boone3,69542.60%4,97957.40%Braxton2,54947.79%2,78552.21%Brooke6,04960.36%3,97339.64%Cabell16,48846.56%18,92553.44%Calhoun1,54956.47%1,19443.53%Clay1,53747.97%1,66752.03%Doddridge2,12072.35%81027.65%Fayette8,44152.58%7,61247.42%Gilmer1,30351.89%1,20848.11%Grant4,00280.33%98019.67%Greenbrier8,84857.84%6,45042.16%Hampshire7,17675.35%2,34724.65%Hancock8,38764.11%4,69635.89%Hardy3,95864.99%2,13235.01%Harrison16,39756.13%12,81743.87%Jackson7,14555.23%5,79244.77%Jefferson15,97359.53%10,85740.47%Kanawha30,61238.84%48,20161.16%Lewis4,33059.99%2,88840.01%Lincoln3,82852.20%3,50547.80%Logan5,69248.70%5,99651.30%Marion12,73351.38%12,05148.62%Marshall8,53063.95%4,80936.05%Mason5,88555.12%4,79244.88%McDowell3,29757.72%2,41542.28%Mercer15,51864.27%8,62735.73%Mineral9,25975.53%2,99924.47%Mingo5,13057.23%3,83442.77%Monongalia18,30745.59%21,85054.41%Monroe3,98564.53%2,19035.47%Morgan6,21175.26%2,04224.74%Nicholas5,64656.05%4,42843.95%Ohio10,79756.66%8,26043.34%Pendleton2,10862.22%1,28037.78%Pleasants2,12864.56%1,16835.44%Pocahontas2,16357.77%1,58142.23%Preston9,29968.24%4,37531.76%Putnam14,08751.51%13,26048.49%Raleigh19,39161.45%12,16438.55%Randolph6,45755.27%5,22644.73%Ritchie2,86871.66%1,13428.34%Roane3,00954.50%2,51245.50%Summers2,85254.43%2,38845.57%Taylor4,24959.65%2,87440.35%Tucker2,20460.40%1,44539.60%Tyler2,63970.79%1,08929.21%Upshur6,07261.95%3,72938.05%Wayne8,49354.41%7,11545.59%Webster1,75356.38%1,35643.62%Wetzel3,74259.79%2,51740.21%Wirt1,58263.10%92536.90%Wood23,03462.39%13,88737.61%Wyoming5,03163.20%2,93036.80%Totals425,74556.31%330,31643.69% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Barbour (largest city: Philippi) Calhoun (largest city: Grantsville) Gilmer (largest city: Glenville) Greenbrier (largest city: Lewisburg) Hardy (largest city: Moorefield) Jackson (largest city: Ravenswood) Lewis (largest city: Weston) Marshall (largest city: Moundsville) Mason (largest city: Point Pleasant) Monroe (largest city: Peterstown) Nicholas (largest city: Summersville) Pendleton (largest city: Franklin) Pleasants (largest city: St. Marys) Pocahontas (largest city: Marlinton) Raleigh (largest city: Beckley) Randolph (largest city: Elkins) Roane (largest city: Spencer) Summers (largest city: Hinton) Taylor (largest city: Grafton) Tucker (largest city: Parsons) Wayne (largest city: Kenova) Wetzel (largest city: New Martinsville) Harrison (largest city: Clarksburg) Lincoln (largest city: Hamlin) Wyoming (largest city: Mullens) Brooke (largest borough: Wellsburg) Fayette (largest city: Fayetteville) Mingo (largest borough: Williamson) Marion (largest city: Fairmont) McDowell (largest city: Welch) Webster (largest town: Webster Springs) Upshur (largest municipality: Buckhannon) Wirt (largest municipality: Elizabeth)

By congressional district Moore won all three congressional districts.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=873986 District Perdue Moore Representative 41% 59%David McKinley 46% 54%Alex Mooney 45% 55%Carol Miller

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