2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
November 3, 2020
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The Pennsylvania Treasurer election of 2020 took place on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020.[1] Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Joe Torsella lost re-election to a second term to Republican Stacy Garrity.
On November 10, 2020, a week following election day, Torsella conceded to Garrity as she led him with 48.9% of the vote. Garrity's victory was an upset, with Torsella having a sizable fundraising advantage and consistently leading in polling throughout the campaign.[2]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Joe Torsella, incumbent Pennsylvania Treasurer[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Torsella (incumbent) | 1,381,763 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,381,763 | 100.0% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Stacy Garrity, businesswoman, U.S. military veteran, and candidate for Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district in 2019[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Stacy Garrity | 1,047,510 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,047,510 | 100.0% | ||
General election
Endorsements
Joe Torsella (D)
U.S. Presidents
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Joe Torsella (D) |
Stacy Garrity (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University[7] | September 28 – October 4, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 47% | 41% | 2%[b] | 10% |
| 500 (LV) | 47%[c] | 42% | – | – | |||
| 47%[d] | 43% | – | – | ||||
| CPEC[8] | September 15–17, 2020 | 830 (LV) | ± 2.3% | 24% | 16% | 1% | 58% |
| Monmouth University[9] | August 28–31, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 45% | 40% | 3%[e] | 14% |
| 400 (LV) | 46%[f] | 41% | 1% | 12% | |||
| 45%[g] | 42% | 0% | 12% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Stacy Garrity | 3,291,877 | 48.68% | +4.47% | |
| Democratic | Joe Torsella (incumbent) | 3,239,331 | 47.91% | −2.75% | |
| Libertarian | Joseph Soloski | 148,614 | 2.20% | −0.05% | |
| Green | Timothy Runkle | 81,984 | 1.21% | −1.67% | |
| Total votes | 6,761,806 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
By county
| County | Stacy Garrity Republican |
Joesph Torsella Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Adams | 37,087 | 66.60% | 16,418 | 29.48% | 2,180 | 3.92% |
| Allegheny | 270,964 | 38.54% | 404,138 | 57.49% | 27,887 | 3.96% |
| Armstrong | 25,875 | 72.07% | 8,756 | 24.39% | 1,271 | 3.24% |
| Beaver | 51,292 | 55.13% | 2,421 | 41.08% | 3,527 | 3.79% |
| Bedford | 22,272 | 81.96% | 4,351 | 16.01% | 550 | 2.02% |
| Berks | 105,570 | 52.26% | 88,616 | 43.87% | 7,829 | 3.87% |
| Blair | 44,464 | 70.59% | 16,606 | 26.37% | 1,915 | 3.04% |
| Bradford | 22,175 | 75.00% | 6,465 | 21.87% | 926 | 3.14% |
| Bucks | 187,154 | 47.97% | 191,554 | 49.10% | 11,415 | 2.92% |
| Butler | 73,020 | 65.75% | 34,148 | 30.75% | 3,886 | 3.50% |
| Cambria | 43,698 | 62.84% | 23,946 | 34.43% | 1,897 | 2.73% |
| Cameron | 1,713 | 71.32% | 611 | 25.44% | 78 | 3.25% |
| Carbon | 20,798 | 63.24% | 11,037 | 33.56% | 1,050 | 3.19% |
| Centre | 36,303 | 47.59% | 36,866 | 48.33% | 3,114 | 4.08% |
| Chester | 138,083 | 44.43% | 163,147 | 52.50% | 9,523 | 3.06% |
| Clarion | 13,992 | 72.91% | 4,570 | 23.81% | 928 | 3.27% |
| Clearfield | 27,576 | 70.91% | 10,086 | 25.93% | 1,228 | 3.16% |
| Clinton | 11,379 | 65.33% | 5,493 | 31.54% | 546 | 3.13% |
| Columbia | 18,126 | 58.95% | 11,409 | 37.11% | 1,212 | 3.94% |
| Crawford | 27,299 | 66.34% | 12,268 | 29.81% | 1,583 | 3.84% |
| Cumberland | 78,424 | 56.18% | 55,652 | 39.87% | 5,508 | 3.95% |
| Dauphin | 65,729 | 45.59% | 72,586 | 50.34% | 5,666 | 4.06% |
| Delaware | 124,401 | 38.62% | 189,646 | 58.87% | 8,093 | 2.51% |
| Elk | 11,391 | 68.32% | 4,730 | 28.37% | 553 | 3.32% |
| Erie | 62,029 | 46.66% | 64,440 | 48.47% | 6,471 | 4.86% |
| Fayette | 37,111 | 61.64% | 21,537 | 35.77% | 1,561 | 2.59% |
| Forest | 1,812 | 69.59% | 699 | 26.84% | 93 | 3.57% |
| Franklin | 56,387 | 71.17% | 20,123 | 25.40% | 2,723 | 3.44% |
| Fulton | 6,563 | 84.46% | 1,044 | 13.43% | 164 | 2.11% |
| Greene | 11,101 | 64.97% | 5,415 | 31.69% | 570 | 3.34% |
| Huntingdon | 16,603 | 74.01% | 5,169 | 23.04% | 660 | 2.94% |
| Indiana | 26,431 | 65.02% | 12,850 | 31.61% | 1,372 | 2.37% |
| Jefferson | 17,587 | 77.00% | 4,555 | 19.94% | 697 | 3.05% |
| Juniata | 9,235 | 78.36% | 2,236 | 18.97% | 314 | 2.66% |
| Lackawanna | 46,677 | 41.79% | 61,104 | 54.71% | 3,911 | 3.51% |
| Lancaster | 163,477 | 59.48% | 101,861 | 37.06% | 9,521 | 3.27% |
| Lawrence | 26,984 | 59.90% | 16,634 | 36.92% | 1,434 | 3.18% |
| Lebanon | 45,942 | 65.42% | 21,668 | 30.86% | 2,615 | 3.72% |
| Lehigh | 82,222 | 45.56% | 91,616 | 50.77% | 6,630 | 3.68% |
| Luzerne | 77,304 | 52.22% | 65,889 | 44.51% | 4,829 | 3.26% |
| Lycoming | 40,665 | 69.58% | 15,951 | 27.29% | 1,825 | 3.13% |
| McKean | 13,921 | 72.88% | 4,543 | 23.79% | 636 | 3.33% |
| Mercer | 34,913 | 61.47% | 19,940 | 35.11% | 1,945 | 3.42% |
| Mifflin | 16,065 | 76.11% | 4,371 | 20.71% | 671 | 3.18% |
| Monroe | 36,083 | 45.50% | 41,036 | 50.73% | 3,055 | 3.77% |
| Montgomery | 189,613 | 37.70% | 297,179 | 59.08% | 16,225 | 3.22% |
| Montour | 5,717 | 59.34% | 3,561 | 36.96% | 357 | 3.70% |
| Northampton | 79,907 | 48.43% | 79,191 | 47.99% | 5,909 | 3.58% |
| Northumberland | 27,664 | 66.58% | 12,282 | 29.56% | 1,605 | 3.87% |
| Perry | 17,928 | 73.78% | 5,444 | 22.40% | 928 | 3.82% |
| Philadelphia | 122,763 | 17.41% | 561,438 | 79.61% | 20,992 | 2.97% |
| Pike | 18,973 | 59.26% | 11,965 | 37.37% | 1,070 | 3.37% |
| Potter | 7,165 | 80.63% | 1,498 | 16.86% | 223 | 2.51% |
| Schuylkill | 46,088 | 66.32% | 20,685 | 29.77% | 2,720 | 3.92% |
| Snyder | 13,737 | 73.14% | 4,416 | 23.51% | 630 | 3.35% |
| Somerset | 30,050 | 74.89% | 9,046 | 22.54% | 1,029 | 2.57% |
| Sullivan | 2,522 | 71.69% | 883 | 25.10% | 113 | 3.21% |
| Susquehanna | 14,957 | 69.90% | 5,704 | 26.66% | 738 | 3.45% |
| Tioga | 15,661 | 75.69% | 4,255 | 20.56% | 776 | 3.75% |
| Union | 12,451 | 62.62% | 6,769 | 34.04% | 663 | 3.34% |
| Venango | 18,001 | 69.07% | 7,033 | 26.98% | 1,029 | 3.95% |
| Warren | 13,599 | 67.41% | 5,682 | 28.17% | 892 | 4.43% |
| Washington | 68,257 | 58.51% | 44,477 | 38.12% | 3,928 | 3.36% |
| Wayne | 18,233 | 66.40% | 8,363 | 30.46% | 864 | 3.14% |
| Westmoreland | 123,694 | 61.30% | 71,908 | 35.64% | 6,173 | 3.06% |
| Wyoming | 9,751 | 67.17% | 4,270 | 29.41% | 496 | 3.41% |
| York | 146,529 | 62.33% | 79,288 | 33.73% | 9,266 | 3.94% |
| Totals | 3,291,877 | 48.68% | 3,239,331 | 47.91% | 230,598 | 3.41% |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Beaver (largest city: Beaver)
- Luzerne (largest city: Wilkes-Barre)
- Northampton (largest municipality: Bethlehem)
By congressional district
Garrity and Torsella each won nine of 18 congressional districts. Each candidate won a district that elected a representative of the other party.[11]
| District | Torsella | Garrity | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50% | 47% | Brian Fitzpatrick |
| 2nd | 70% | 27% | Brendan Boyle |
| 3rd | 88% | 9% | Dwight Evans |
| 4th | 58% | 39% | Madeleine Dean |
| 5th | 62% | 36% | Mary Gay Scanlon |
| 6th | 52% | 44% | Chrissy Houlahan |
| 7th | 50% | 47% | Susan Wild |
| 8th | 48% | 49% | Matt Cartwright |
| 9th | 34% | 62% | Dan Meuser |
| 10th | 44% | 52% | Scott Perry |
| 11th | 34% | 62% | Lloyd Smucker |
| 12th | 29% | 68% | Fred Keller |
| 13th | 26% | 71% | John Joyce |
| 14th | 37% | 60% | Guy Reschenthaler |
| 15th | 28% | 69% | Glenn Thompson |
| 16th | 39% | 57% | Mike Kelly |
| 17th | 49% | 48% | Conor Lamb |
| 18th | 63% | 33% | Mike Doyle |
See also
Notes
- ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ "No one" and Soloski (L) with 1%; "Other candidate" and Runkle (G) with 0%
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
- ^ "No one" with 2%; Soloski (L) with 1%; Runkle (G) with 0%
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
References
- ^ Levy, Marc; Scolforo, Mark (March 25, 2020). "Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to delay primary election". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ Seidman, Andrew; Brennan, Chris (November 10, 2020). "Pa. Treasurer Joe Torsella has lost his reelection bid, in a big upset by Republican Stacy Garrity". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Treasurer Torsella". Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ a b Boockvar, Kathy. "Pennsylvania Elections – Office Results | State Treasurer". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Gerow, Charlie (May 24, 2020). "An introduction to the GOP candidates for statewide offices as primary day approaches | Charlie Gerow". Penn Live.
- ^ Obama, Barack (August 3, 2020). "First Wave of 2020 Endorsements". Medium.
- ^ Monmouth University
- ^ CPEC
- ^ Monmouth University
- ^ "2020 Presidential Election – Statewide". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 18, 2024.