2020 Washington State Treasurer election

See also: 2020 United States state treasurer elections

2020 Washington State Treasurer election

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Nominee Mike Pellicciotti Duane Davidson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,089,159 1,818,895 Percentage 53.41% 46.50%

County results Congressional district results Pellicciotti:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Davidson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election Duane Davidson Republican Elected State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti Democratic

The 2020 Washington State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Washington State Treasurer, concurrently with the 2020 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.

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Duane Davidson was first elected back in 2016 defeating fellow Republican Michael Waite.^[1]

The top-two primary was held on August 4.^[2]

Primary election

Republican Party

Advanced to general

• Duane Davidson, incumbent state treasurer (2017–2021)^[3]

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

• Mike Pellicciotti, state representative (2017–2021)^[4]

Results

Blanket primary results by county

  Pellicciotti

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Davidson

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Blanket primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Pellicciotti	1,279,452	53.22%
	Republican	Duane Davidson (incumbent)	1,121,885	46.67%
	Write-in		2,604	0.11%
Total votes			2,403,941	100.00%

General election

2020 Washington State Treasurer election debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Duane Davidson	Mike Pellicciotti
1	Sep. 17, 2020	League of Women Voters of Washington League of Women Voters of Benton & Franklin counties The Spokesman-Review TVW	Matt Loveless	YouTube	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Duane Davidson (R)	Mike Pellicciotti (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[6][A]	October 14–15, 2020	610 (LV)	± 4.0%	36%	46%	18%

Results

2020 Washington State Treasurer election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Pellicciotti	2,089,159	53.41%
	Republican	Duane Davidson (incumbent)	1,818,895	46.50%
	Write-in		3,339	0.09%
Total votes			3,911,393	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

By county

County results

County[8]	Duane Davidson Republican		Mike Pellicciotti Democratic		Write-in Various		Margin		Total votes
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	4,007	71.36%	1,601	28.51%	7	0.12%	-2,406	-42.85%	5,615
Asotin	7,517	65.38%	3,956	34.41%	25	0.22%	-3,561	-30.97%	11,498
Benton	66,762	67.45%	32,144	32.47%	80	0.08%	-34,618	-34.97%	98,986
Chelan	24,613	59.41%	16,792	40.53%	24	0.06%	-7,821	-18.88%	41,429
Clallam	24,545	51.70%	22,898	48.23%	33	0.07%	-1,647	-3.47%	47,476
Clark	137,152	52.55%	123,559	47.34%	270	0.10%	-13,593	-5.21%	260,981
Columbia	1,790	75.08%	590	24.75%	4	0.17%	-1,200	-50.34%	2,384
Cowlitz	35,014	60.66%	22,660	39.26%	44	0.08%	-12,354	-21.40%	57,718
Douglas	13,542	66.17%	6,903	33.73%	21	0.10%	-6,639	-32.44%	20,466
Ferry	2,810	67.18%	1,368	32.70%	5	0.12%	-1,442	-34.47%	4,183
Franklin	19,414	61.57%	12,096	38.36%	23	0.07%	-7,318	-23.21%	31,533
Garfield	1,076	76.91%	318	22.73%	5	0.36%	-758	-54.18%	1,399
Grant	25,666	70.50%	10,703	29.40%	39	0.11%	-14,963	-41.10%	36,408
Grays Harbor	20,290	54.80%	16,691	45.08%	45	0.12%	-3,599	-9.72%	37,026
Island	25,623	49.56%	26,033	50.35%	44	0.09%	410	0.79%	51,700
Jefferson	8,166	33.95%	15,876	66.01%	9	0.04%	7,710	32.06%	24,051
King	374,032	32.40%	779,581	67.53%	732	0.06%	405,549	35.13%	1,154,345
Kitsap	71,180	46.73%	80,988	53.17%	162	0.11%	9,808	6.44%	152,330
Kittitas	15,198	60.32%	9,981	39.62%	16	0.06%	-5,217	-20.71%	25,195
Klickitat	7,650	58.78%	5,346	41.08%	19	0.15%	-2,304	-17.70%	13,015
Lewis	30,233	69.23%	13,389	30.66%	47	0.11%	-16,844	-38.57%	43,669
Lincoln	5,289	77.97%	1,486	21.91%	8	0.12%	-3,803	-56.07%	6,783
Mason	19,863	55.53%	15,853	44.32%	55	0.15%	-4,010	-11.21%	35,771
Okanogan	12,182	59.64%	8,225	40.27%	20	0.10%	-3,957	-19.37%	20,427
Pacific	7,150	52.94%	6,327	46.84%	30	0.22%	-823	-6.09%	13,507
Pend Oreille	5,716	69.63%	2,486	30.28%	7	0.09%	-3,230	-39.35%	8,209
Pierce	219,578	49.32%	225,169	50.58%	422	0.09%	5,591	1.26%	445,169
San Juan	3,751	29.72%	8,861	70.21%	8	0.06%	5,110	40.49%	12,620
Skagit	35,562	51.20%	33,812	48.68%	78	0.11%	-1,750	-2.52%	69,452
Skamania	4,025	57.21%	3,004	42.69%	7	0.10%	-1,021	-14.51%	7,036
Snohomish	194,057	46.08%	226,765	53.85%	322	0.08%	32,708	7.77%	421,144
Spokane	159,231	56.48%	122,338	43.39%	353	0.13%	-36,893	-13.09%	281,922
Stevens	20,150	73.40%	7,285	26.54%	17	0.06%	-12,865	-46.86%	27,452
Thurston	75,332	46.79%	85,506	53.11%	167	0.10%	10,174	6.32%	161,005
Wahkiakum	1,763	62.21%	1,069	37.72%	2	0.07%	-694	-24.49%	2,834
Walla Walla	18,119	60.32%	11,890	39.58%	31	0.10%	-6,229	-20.74%	30,040
Whatcom	56,794	42.38%	77,149	57.57%	71	0.05%	20,355	15.19%	134,014
Whitman	10,384	51.52%	9,743	48.34%	28	0.14%	-641	-3.18%	20,155
Yakima	53,669	58.05%	38,718	41.88%	59	0.06%	-14,951	-16.17%	92,446
Totals	1,818,895	46.50%	2,089,159	53.41%	3,339	0.09%	270,264	6.91%	3,911,393

By congressional district

Pellicciotti won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Davidson, including one that elected a Democrat.^[9]

District	Davidson	Pellicciotti	Representative
1st	48%	52%	Suzan DelBene
2nd	42%	58%	Rick Larsen
3rd	56%	44%	Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th	64%	36%	Dan Newhouse
5th	59%	41%	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th	46%	54%	Derek Kilmer
7th	23%	77%	Pramila Jayapal
8th	53%	47%	Kim Schrier
9th	33%	67%	Adam Smith
10th	48%	52%	Denny Heck (116th Congress)
			Marilyn Strickland (117th Congress)

Notes

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

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

External links

Official campaign websites

• Mike Pellicciotti (D) for State Treasurer

References

1. "Duane Davidson wins over Michael Waite in state treasurer race". November 8, 2016.
2. "2020 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
3. "PRIMARY 2020 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
4. Mirror, For the (May 17, 2019). "State Rep. Mike Pellicciotti announces early bid for state treasurer". Federal Way Mirror. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
5. Wyman, Kim (August 21, 2020). "Canvass of the Returns of the Primary Held on August 4, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2025. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
6. Public Policy Polling (D)
7. Wyman, Kim (December 1, 2020). "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
8. Wyman, Kim (November 3, 2020). "State Treasurer - County Results". Secretary of State of Washington. Archived from the original on February 28, 2025. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
9. "2020Gen Results by Congressional District" (PDF). sos.wa.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2024.