2022 Colorado State Treasurer election

The 2022 Colorado State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Colorado State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Dave Young won re-election to a second term, improving on his 2018 results.

2022 Colorado State Treasurer election

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Nominee Dave Young Lang Sias Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,312,705 1,052,337 Percentage 53.67% 43.03%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Young:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Sias:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No votes

State Treasurer before election Dave Young Democratic Elected State Treasurer Dave Young Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dave Young, incumbent state treasurer^[1]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Young (incumbent)	499,229	100.0%
Total votes			499,229	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lang Sias, former state representative from the 27th district (2015–2019) and Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018^[3]

Endorsements

Lang Sias

U.S. Representatives

• Mike Coffman, mayor of Aurora, former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (2009–2019), former state treasurer (1999–2005, 2006–2007)^[4]

Governors

• Bill Owens, former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007), former state treasurer (1995–1999)^[4]

State treasurers

• Mark Hillman, former state treasurer (2005–2006)^[4]
• Walker Stapleton, former state treasurer (2011–2019)^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lang Sias	502,175	100.0%
Total votes			502,175	100.0%

General election

Forum & Debate

2022 Colorado State Treasurer forum & debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Lang Sias	Dave Young
1	Oct. 18, 2022	League of Women Voters of Colorado	Jo Ann Allen	YouTube	P	P
2	Oct. 19, 2022	KUSA (TV)	Kyle Clark Marshall Zelinger	[5]	P	P

Polling

Hypothetical polling

Dave Young vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dave Young (D)	Generic Republican	Undecided
Cygnal (R)[6][A]	January 12–13, 2022	630 (LV)	± 3.9%	41%	42%	17%

Results

2022 Colorado State Treasurer election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dave Young (incumbent)	1,312,705	53.67%	+1.44%
	Republican	Lang Sias	1,052,337	43.03%	−1.90%
	Libertarian	Anthony J. Delgado	80,770	3.30%	N/A
Total votes			2,445,812	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Young won five of eight congressional districts.^[8]

District	Young	Sias	Representative
1st	77%	20%	Diana DeGette
2nd	67%	30%	Joe Neguse
3rd	45%	51%	Lauren Boebert
4th	38%	59%	Ken Buck
5th	41%	55%	Doug Lamborn
6th	58%	39%	Jason Crow
7th	55%	42%	Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress)
			Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress)
8th	50%	46%	Yadira Caraveo

Notes

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

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by Ready Colorado