Colorado Treasurer

	Colorado Treasurer
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$93,360
2024 FY Budget:	$781,549,404
Term limits:	Two consecutive terms
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 1
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
	Colorado Treasurer Dave Young; Democratic Party; Assumed office: January 8, 2019
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
	Other Colorado Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Controller • Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Exec. Director • Labor Executive Director • Public Utilities Commission • Colorado State Board of Regents

The Treasurer of the State of Colorado is an elected executive officer in the Colorado government and the state's chief financial officer. The treasurer oversees the Department of the Treasury, which acts as the state government's bank. The treasury receives all revenues (taxes, fees, etc.), manages the state's investment funds and disburses money based on warrants (checks) drawn against the treasury. Treasurers are elected to four-year terms in federal midterm election years.

Current officeholder

The current treasurer is Dave Young (D), who was first elected on November 6, 2018, and took office on January 8, 2019. ^[1]

Authority

The state Constitution establishes the office of treasurer in Article IV, the Executive Department.

Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 1

(1) The executive department shall include the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general, each of whom shall hold his office for the term of four years, commencing on the second Tuesday of January in the year 1967, and each fourth year thereafter. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this constitution or by law.

Qualifications

Treasurers must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Colorado for two years preceding election.

Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 4

No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant governor unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years, nor to the office of secretary of state or state treasurer unless he shall have attained the age of twentyfive years... no person shall be eligible to any one of said offices unless, in addition to the qualifications above prescribed therefore, he shall be a citizen of the United States, and have resided within the limits of the state two years next preceding his election.

Elections

Colorado state government organizational chart

Treasurers are elected to four-year terms during federal midterm election years (2018, 2022, 2026, etc.). The candidate that earns a plurality of the votes is the winner, and, per Article IV, Section 1 of the state Constitution, assumes office on the second Tuesday of January in the year following the election.

Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 1

(1) The executive department shall include the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general, each of whom shall hold his office for the term of four years, commencing on the second Tuesday of January in the year 1967, and each fourth year thereafter.

2022

See also: Colorado Treasurer election, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado Treasurer

Incumbent Dave Young defeated Lang Sias and Anthony Delgado in the general election for Colorado Treasurer on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dave Young (D)	53.7	1,312,705
	Lang Sias (R)	43.0	1,052,337
	Anthony Delgado (L)	3.3	80,770

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,445,812
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado Treasurer

Incumbent Dave Young advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado Treasurer on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dave Young	100.0	499,229

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 499,229
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado Treasurer

Lang Sias advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado Treasurer on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lang Sias	100.0	502,175

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 502,175
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