2022 Arizona State Treasurer election
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Nominee Kimberly Yee Martín Quezada
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,390,135 1,107,037
Percentage 55.7% 44.3%
Yee:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Quezada:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
State Treasurer before election

Kimberly Yee
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Kimberly Yee
Republican

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The 2022 Arizona State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the State Treasurer of Arizona, concurrently with other federal and state elections. Incumbent Republican Treasurer Kimberly Yee initially ran for governor, but suspended her campaign on January 15, 2022, and ran for re-election as the Republican nominee, defeating the Democratic nominee, State Senator Martín Quezada, by a margin of 11.4%. Yee's margin of victory was the largest margin of victory in a contested statewide election in Arizona in 2022, and her large margin was considered one of the few highlights for the Arizona GOP in an otherwise lackluster cycle.[1] Yee was the only Republican to carry Maricopa County in a contested statewide election in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Endorsements

David Livingston (withdrew)
U.S Representatives
Jeff Weninger
State legislators
Kimberly Yee
Organizations

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Bob Lettieri Jeff Weninger Kimberly Yee
1 Jun. 27, 2022 KAET Ted Simons YouTube P P P

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Bob
Lettieri 		Jeff
Weninger 		Kimberly
Yee 		Other Undecided
OH Predictive Insights July 27, 2022 502 (LV) ± 4.4% 7% 12% 33% – 48%
OH Predictive Insights June 30 – July 2, 2022 515 (LV) ± 4.3% 5% 5% 19% – 72%
Data Orbital (R) June 1–3, 2022 550 (LV) ± 4.3% – 9% 24% 7% 60%
OH Predictive Insights April 4–5, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 3% 7% 21% – 69%

Results

Results by county
  Yee
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kimberly Yee (incumbent) 423,456 56.40%
Republican Jeff Weninger 203,751 27.14%
Republican Bob Lettieri 123,574 16.46%
Total votes 750,781 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martín Quezada 554,186 100.0%
Total votes 554,186 100.0%

General election

Yee Speaks at the 2022 AZGOP Election Night Party in Scottsdale

Debate

2022 Arizona State Treasurer debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kimberly Yee Lee Murphy
1 Oct. 3, 2022 KAET Stacey Barchenger
Ralph Begleiter 		YouTube P P

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Kimberly
Yee (R) 		Martin
Quezada (D) 		Other Undecided
BSP Research/Shaw & Co.[A] October 19–26, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.1% 41% 29% 5%[b] 25%

Results

2022 Arizona State Treasurer election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kimberly Yee (incumbent) 1,390,135 55.67% +1.39%
Democratic Martín Quezada 1,107,037 44.33% -1.39%
Total votes 2,497,172 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Yee won 7 out of 9 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[14]

District Yee Quezada Representative
1st 56% 44% David Schweikert
2nd 59% 41% Tom O'Halleran (117th Congress)
Eli Crane (118th Congress)
3rd 28% 72% Ruben Gallego
4th 51% 49% Greg Stanton
5th 64% 36% Andy Biggs
6th 54% 46% Ann Kirkpatrick (117th Congress)
Juan Ciscomani (118th Congress)
7th 37% 63% Raúl Grijalva
8th 62% 38% Debbie Lesko
9th 68% 32% Paul Gosar

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Someone else" with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll conducted for Univision.

References

  1. ^ "Republican Treasurer Yee trounces Democrat | Arizona Capitol Times". November 17, 2022.
  2. ^ O'Conner, Jim (February 19, 2022). "Prescott Talks: Interview with Bob Lettieri, Candidate for Arizona State Treasurer". Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Republican Candidates for State Treasurer".
  4. ^ "Weninger throws hat into GOP state treasurer race". www.santansun.com. SanTan Sun News. September 14, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Arizona treasurer Kimberly Yee withdraws from Governor's race". www.ktar.com. KTAR-FM. January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Latch, Lacey (August 2, 2021). "Arizona Rep. Regina Cobb announces run for state treasurer". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Stern, Ray (September 1, 2021). "Jeff Weninger to run for Arizona treasurer; Regina Cobb drops out". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Estrada, Melissa. "Who's running for Arizona treasurer? Here are the major candidates". www.azcentral.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "Livingston Will Move From Treasurer's Race Back To Legislature". December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "Congressman Paul Gosar Endorses David Livingston". September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. ^ "FRC Action PAC Endorses Kimberly Yee for Arizona Treasurer". July 29, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Arizona Secretary of State (August 22, 2022). "State of Arizona Official Canvass – August 2, 2022, Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 General Election Statewide Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  14. ^ @DrewSav (July 30, 2023). "Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee did almost 3% better in 2022 than 2018 so what changed beneath that topline?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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