2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

November 5, 2024
 
Nominee Stacy Garrity Erin McClelland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 3,542,336 3,115,393
Percentage 51.91% 45.65%

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

State Treasurer before election

Stacy Garrity
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Stacy Garrity
Republican

The 2024 State Treasurer in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Pennsylvania state treasurer. Incumbent Republican treasurer Stacy Garrity was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Erin McClelland.[1]

Garrity became the first Republican treasurer to win re-election since Barbara Hafer in 2000. Her win set the record for the most votes cast for any candidate in commonwealth history. She carried Centre, Dauphin, and Lehigh counties, all of which Kamala Harris carried in the concurrent presidential election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Stacy Garrity

Results

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stacy Garrity (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes 853,284 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Ryan Bizzarro
Statewide officials

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Local officials

Party officials

Political parties

Alan Butkovitz (withdrawn)
U.S. Representatives

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Erin McClelland 547,345 54.23%
Democratic Ryan Bizzarro 461,905 45.77%
Total votes 1,009,250 100.00%

Third-party candidates

Constitution Party

Nominee

  • Troy Bowman, treasurer of the Pennsylvania Constitution Party[13]

Forward Party

Nominee

  • Chris Foster, real estate sales associate[14]

Libertarian convention

Nominee

  • Nick Ciesielski, engineer [15]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Stacy
Garrity (R)
Erin
McClelland (D)
Other Undecided
ActiVote[16] October 4–25, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 50.5% 49.5%
ActiVote[17] September 6 – October 7, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 49%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
Impact Research (D)[18][A]
September 17–24, 2024 1,398 (LV) 45% 44% 11%
ActiVote[19] July 26 – August 23, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 46% 54%
Commonwealth Foundation[20] June 14–19, 2024 800 (RV) ± 3.46% 41% 44% 5% 10%

Post-primary endorsements

Stacy Garrity (R)

Labor unions

Erin McClelland (D)

Organizations

Labor unions

Political parties

Chris Foster (F)
Individuals
Declined to endorse

Statewide officials

Results

2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stacy Garrity (incumbent) 3,542,336 51.91
Democratic Erin McClelland 3,115,393 45.65
Libertarian Nick Ciesielski 99,228 1.45
Constitution Troy Bowman 40,886 0.60
Forward Chris Foster 26,753 0.39
Total votes 6,824,596 100.00

By county

County[25] Stacy Garrity
Republican
Erin McClelland
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
# % # % # %
Adams 40,314 68.22% 17,175 29.06% 1,608 2.73%
Allegheny 284,446 40.67% 395,886 56.60% 19,151 2.73%
Armstrong 27,092 74.81% 8,122 22.43% 1,002 2.77%
Beaver 55,109 58.99% 35,664 38.18% 2,643 2.83%
Bedford 22,727 83.26% 4,025 14.75% 545 2.00%
Berks 110,717 55.89% 81,798 41.29% 5,599 2.83%
Blair 45,627 71.95% 16,257 25.64% 1,528 2.41%
Bradford 23,993 78.24% 5,996 19.55% 675 2.20%
Bucks 204,612 52.15% 179,233 45.68% 8,493 2.17%
Butler 80,317 67.60% 35,526 29.90% 2,966 2.50%
Cambria 46,569 66.74% 21,428 30.71% 1,776 2.55%
Cameron 1,652 75.57% 468 21.41% 66 3.01%
Carbon 22,619 66.60% 10,390 30.59% 953 2.80%
Centre 39,819 50.51% 37,125 47.09% 1,887 2.40%
Chester 148,699 46.41% 164,900 51.47% 6,784 2.11%
Clarion 14,460 76.25% 4,023 21.21% 481 2.54%
Clearfield 29,248 74.21% 9,139 23.19% 1,027 2.61%
Clinton 12,808 70.59% 4,919 27.11% 418 2.30%
Columbia 21,131 66.27% 9,811 30.77% 946 2.96%
Crawford 29,254 69.51% 11,744 27.90% 1,088 2.58%
Cumberland 84,582 58.04% 57,300 39.32% 3,847 2.64%
Dauphin 72,581 49.79% 68,730 47.15% 4,464 3.06%
Delaware 131,515 40.87% 184,055 57.20% 6,215 1.93%
Elk 12,199 72.11% 4,303 25.44% 415 2.45%
Erie 68,312 50.91% 62,048 46.24% 3,822 2.85%
Fayette 40,394 66.58% 18,878 31.12% 1,397 2.30%
Forest 1,907 73.35% 628 24.15% 65 2.50%
Franklin 59,212 72.13% 20,559 25.04% 2,318 2.82%
Fulton 6,781 84.79% 1,028 12.85% 188 2.35%
Greene 11,743 69.80% 4,662 27.71% 419 2.49%
Huntingdon 17,365 76.22% 4,853 21.30% 564 2.47%
Indiana 28,176 68.57% 11,857 28.86% 1,057 2.58%
Jefferson 17,634 77.97% 4,398 19.45% 583 2.58%
Juniata 9,655 82.04% 1,859 15.80% 255 2.17%
Lackawanna 52,049 46.93% 55,932 50.43% 2,931 2.65%
Lancaster 172,048 60.50% 105,136 36.97% 7,200 2.53%
Lawrence 29,980 64.99% 14,874 32.24% 1,275 2.77%
Lebanon 49,066 67.95% 21,136 29.27% 2,005 2.78%
Lehigh 89,657 49.02% 88,241 48.25% 4,987 2.73%
Luzerne 88,753 58.56% 59,043 38.95% 3,776 2.50%
Lycoming 41,992 71.64% 15,107 25.77% 1,513 2.58%
McKean 14,309 73.19% 4,552 23.51% 498 2.57%
Mercer 36,824 64.33% 18,909 33.03% 1,512 2.64%
Mifflin 17,034 78.54% 4,142 19.10% 513 2.37%
Monroe 41,405 49.70% 39,517 47.44% 2,383 2.86%
Montgomery 211,690 41.31% 289,943 56.58% 10,790 2.10%
Montour 6,153 63.62% 3,271 33.82% 247 2.56%
Northampton 87,952 51.40% 79,690 46.57% 3,473 2.03%
Northumberland 29,946 70.20% 11,478 26.91% 1,235 2.90%
Perry 19,284 76.38% 5,259 20.83% 703 2.79%
Philadelphia 133,516 19.95% 523,136 78.15% 12,708 1.89%
Pike 21,060 61.82% 12,148 35.66% 857 2.51%
Potter 7,253 81.25% 1,462 16.38% 212 2.38%
Schuylkill 50,406 70.11% 19,323 26.88% 2,169 3.02%
Snyder 14,703 74.79% 4,446 22.62% 510 2.59%
Somerset 31,071 77.35% 8,167 20.33% 930 2.32%
Sullivan 2,729 75.30% 799 22.05% 96 2.65%
Susquehanna 16,050 72.94% 5,327 24.21% 627 2.85%
Tioga 16,273 76.60% 4,400 20.71% 570 2.68%
Union 13,391 64.32% 6,963 33.45% 464 2.23%
Venango 18,676 70.83% 6,922 26.25% 768 2.91%
Warren 14,176 69.45% 5,574 27.31% 661 3.31%
Washington 73,974 62.38% 41,673 35.14% 2,935 2.47%
Wayne 19,907 69.33% 8,088 28.17% 719 2.51%
Westmoreland 131,023 64.03% 68,258 33.36% 5,355 2.62%
Wyoming 10,375 70.09% 4,083 27.58% 344 2.32%
York 156,339 64.44% 79,607 32.81% 6,656 2.74%
Totals 3,542,336 51.91% 3,115,393 45.65% 166,867 2.44%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Garrity won ten of 17 congressional districts.[26][27][28]

District Garrity McClelland Representative
1st 52% 46% Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd 31% 67% Brendan Boyle
3rd 12% 87% Dwight Evans
4th 44% 54% Madeleine Dean
5th 38% 59% Mary Gay Scanlon
6th 47% 51% Chrissy Houlahan
7th 52% 46% Susan Wild (118th Congress)
Ryan Mackenzie (119th Congress)
8th 53% 44% Matt Cartwright (118th Congress)
Rob Bresnahan (119th Congress)
9th 70% 27% Dan Meuser
10th 55% 42% Scott Perry
11th 63% 35% Lloyd Smucker
12th 41% 57% Summer Lee
13th 73% 25% John Joyce
14th 66% 32% Guy Reschenthaler
15th 69% 28% Glenn Thompson
16th 62% 36% Mike Kelly
17th 48% 49% Chris Deluzio

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll commissioned by the AARP

References

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Official campaign websites