Pennsylvania Treasurer election results: Garrity faces McClelland
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Your Email Address Privacy Notice Pennsylvania Treasurer election results: Commitment 2024 Democrat Erin McClelland is hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Stacy Garrity as Pennsylvania's treasurer. *Results will begin to appear after polls close.| U.S. SENATE | 17| ATTORNEY GENERAL | TREASURER | AUDITOR GENERAL | ALLEGHENY COUNTY | ARMSTRONG COUNTY | BEAVER COUNTY | BUTLER COUNTY | CLARION COUNTY | FAYETTE COUNTY | FOREST COUNTY | GREENE COUNTY | INDIANA COUNTY | JEFFERSON COUNTY | LAWRENCE COUNTY | MERCER COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY | VENANGO COUNTY | WESTMORELAND COUNTYGarrity, a retired Army Reserve colonel and three-tour Iraq veteran, was serving as vice president of a tungsten smelting plant when she beat Democratic Treasurer Joe Torsella by less than 1 percentage point four years ago. A resident of Athens in Bradford County, Garrity has aggressively promoted her office's efforts to return unclaimed property to its rightful owners.She also takes credit for handling state savings programs for people with disabilities and students and for pushing the governor and Legislature to increase savings in the state's rainy day fund.McClelland, a former congressional candidate with a background in mental health and substance abuse counseling who lives near Pittsburgh, argues Garrity has tended to use her position to engage in issues related to the national political debate."I want to pull all the politics out of the job," McClelland said. "I believe this job is an honest broker that protects the taxpayers, not a lap dog for one party or the other."Garrity's campaign has painted McClelland as lacking gravitas. Garrity's much better-funded campaign received an indirect boost earlier this month when Shapiro announced endorsements of several fellow Democrats but did not endorse anyone in the treasurer's race.Shapiro's endorsements were for candidates who asked for his support and where he thinks he can "make the biggest difference," a spokesman said.Democrat Erin McClelland is hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Stacy Garrity as Pennsylvania's treasurer.
*Results will begin to appear after polls close.
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Garrity, a retired Army Reserve colonel and three-tour Iraq veteran, was serving as vice president of a tungsten smelting plant when she beat Democratic Treasurer Joe Torsella by less than 1 percentage point four years ago. A resident of Athens in Bradford County, Garrity has aggressively promoted her office's efforts to return unclaimed property to its rightful owners.
She also takes credit for handling state savings programs for people with disabilities and students and for pushing the governor and Legislature to increase savings in the state's rainy day fund.
McClelland, a former congressional candidate with a background in mental health and substance abuse counseling who lives near Pittsburgh, argues Garrity has tended to use her position to engage in issues related to the national political debate.
"I want to pull all the politics out of the job," McClelland said. "I believe this job is an honest broker that protects the taxpayers, not a lap dog for one party or the other."
Garrity's campaign has painted McClelland as lacking gravitas. Garrity's much better-funded campaign received an indirect boost earlier this month when Shapiro announced endorsements of several fellow Democrats but did not endorse anyone in the treasurer's race.
Shapiro's endorsements were for candidates who asked for his support and where he thinks he can "make the biggest difference," a spokesman said.
