| Election Name: | 2020 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Image1: | Stacy Garrity, 2024 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Stacy Garrity |
| Party1: | Pennsylvania Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,291,877 |
| Percentage1: | 48.7% |
| Nominee2: | Joe Torsella |
| Party2: | Pennsylvania Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,239,331 |
| Percentage2: | 47.9% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Joe Torsella |
| Before Party: | Pennsylvania Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Stacy Garrity |
| After Party: | Pennsylvania Republican Party |
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 was running for a second term against 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]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Joe Torsella (D) | Stacy Garrity (R) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University[5] | September 28 – October 4, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 47% | 41% | 2% | 10% | ||
| 500 (LV) | 47% | 42% | – | – | |||||
| 47% | 43% | – | – | ||||||
| CPEC[6] | September 15–17, 2020 | 830 (LV) | ± 2.3% | 24% | 16% | 1% | 58% | ||
| Monmouth University[7] | August 28–31, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 45% | 40% | 3% | 14% | ||
| 400 (LV) | 46% | 41% | 1% | 12% | |||||
| 45% | 42% | 0% | 12% |
Garrity and Torsella each won 9 of 18 congressional districts. Each candidate won a district that elected a representative of the other party.[8]
| 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% | ||||
| 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 |