2020 West Virginia State Treasurer election

2020 West Virginia State Treasurer election

November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Riley Moore John Perdue
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 425,745 330,316
Percentage 56.31% 43.69%

Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Perdue:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%

State Treasurer before election

John Perdue
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Riley Moore
Republican

The 2020 West Virginia State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the state treasurer of West Virginia. Incumbent Democrat John Perdue lost re-election to a seventh term to Republican nominee Riley Moore, who won 48 out of 55 counties. Primary elections were held on June 9. Perdue and Moore both won their primaries unopposed.

This was the first time since W. S. Johnson's victory in 1928 that a Republican was elected to the West Virginia state treasurer’s office.