2024 Washington State Treasurer election

The 2024 Washington State Treasurer election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Washington State Treasurer, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election.

2024 Washington State Treasurer election

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Reporting
76%
as of November 7, 9:07 PM PDT
 
Nominee Mike Pellicciotti Sharon Hanek
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,801,263 1,314,444
Percentage 57.8% 42.2%

County results
[citation needed]
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

Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti was first elected back in 2020 defeating then-incumbent state treasurer Duane Davidson.[1] He was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Sharon Hanek.[2]

The top-two primary was held on August 6.[3]

Primary election

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Democratic Party

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Advanced to general

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Republican Party

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Advanced to general

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  • Sharon Hanek, candidate for state treasurer in 2012[4]

Results

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Blanket primary results by county[citation needed]
  Pellicciotti
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Hanek
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Blanket primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti (incumbent) 1,118,500 58.32%
Republican Sharon Hanek 797,824 41.60%
Write-in 1,684 0.09%
Total votes 1,918,008 100.0%

General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pellicciotti (D)
Sharon
Hanek (R)
Undecided
ActiVote October 3–29, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 59% 41%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] July 24–25, 2024 581 (LV) ± 4.0% 43% 33% 24%

Results

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2024 Washington State Treasurer election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Pellicciotti (incumbent)
Republican Sharon Hanek
Write-in
Total votes

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute
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Official campaign websites

References

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  1. ^ a b RPECAdmin (June 9, 2023). "RPEC attends State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti's Re-Election Kickoff". Retired Public Employees Council of WA. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Deng, Grace (November 6, 2024). "Democratic incumbents sweep Washington's down ballot races". Washington State Standard. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "PRIMARY 2024 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "August 6, 2024 Primary Results - State Treasurer". Office of the Secretary of State of Washington. August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.