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Table 4.24 the TREASURERS, 2015 TREASURERS Table 4.24 THE TREASURERS, 2015 Length of Date of Present Maximum consecutive State or other Method of regular term first term terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years service ends by constitution Alabama .................... Young Boozer (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Alaska (a) .................. Pamela Leary A Governor’s Discretion 12/2009 . Arizona ...................... Jeff DeWitt (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 Arkansas .................... Dennis Milligan (R) A 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 California .................. John Chiang (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 Colorado .................... Walker Stapleton (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Connecticut ............... Denise L. Nappier (D) E 4 1/1999 1/2019 ★ Delaware ................... Ken Simpler (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Florida (b) ................. Jeff Atwater (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Georgia ...................... Steve McCoy A Pleasure of the Board 11/2011 . Hawaii (c) .................. Wesley Machida (D) A Governor’s Discretion 12/2014 . Idaho .......................... Ron G. Crane (R) E 4 1/1999 1/2019 ★ Illinois ........................ Mike Frerichs (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Indiana ....................... Kelly Mitchell (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 (d) Iowa ........................... Michael L. Fitzgerald (D) E 4 1/1983 1/2019 ★ Kansas ....................... Ron Estes (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 ★ Kentucky ................... Todd Hollenbach (D) E 4 12/2007 12/2015 2 Louisiana ................... John N. Kennedy (R) E 4 1/2000 1/2016 ★ Maine ......................... Teresea M. Hayes L 2 1/2015 . 4 Maryland ................... Nancy K. Kopp (D) L 4 2/2002 . ★ Massachusetts ........... Deb Goldberg (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Michigan .................... Kevin Clinton A Governor’s Discretion 10/2013 . Minnesota (e) ............ Myron Frans A Governor’s Discretion 1/2015 . Mississippi ................. Lynn Fitch (R) E 4 1/2012 1/2016 ★ Missouri ..................... Clint Zweifel (D) E 4 1/2009 1/2017 2 Montana .................... Mike Kadas A Governor’s Discretion 1/2013 . Nebraska ................... Don Stenberg (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Nevada ....................... Dan Schwartz (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 New Hampshire ........ William Dwyer L 2 1/2015 . ★ New Jersey ................ Andrew P. Sidamon­Eristoff A Governor’s Discretion 2/2010 . New Mexico .............. Tim Eichenberg (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 New York ................... Eric Mostert A Governor’s Discretion N.A. North Carolina .......... Janet Cowell (D) E 4 1/2009 1/2017 ★ North Dakota ............ Kelly L. Schmidt (R) E 4 1/2005 1/2017 ★ Ohio ........................... Josh Mandel (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Oklahoma .................. Ken Miller (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 ★ Oregon ....................... Ted Wheeler (D) (f) E 4 3/2010 1/2017 2 Pennsylvania ............. Chris Craig (i) E 4 1/1/2015 (i) . 2 Rhode Island ............. Seth Magaziner (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 South Carolina .......... Curtis Loftis (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 ★ South Dakota ............ Richard Sattgast (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Tennessee .................. David H. Lillard Jr. L 2 1/2009 . Texas (g) .................... Glenn Hegar (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Utah ........................... Richard K. Ellis (R) E 4 1/2009 1/2017 ★ Vermont ..................... Elizabeth Pearce (D) E 2 1/2011 1/2017 ★ Virginia ...................... Manju Ganeriwala A Governor’s Discretion 1/2009 . Washington................ James L. McIntire (D) E 4 1/2009 1/2017 ★ West Virginia ............. John D. Perdue (D) E 4 1/1997 1/2017 ★ Wisconsin .................. Mattt Adamczyk (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Wyoming ................... Mark Gordon (R) E 4 11/2012 (h) 1/2019 2 American Samoa ...... Falema’o Pili A 4 12/2008 . Dist. of Columbia ..... Jeffrey Barnette A Pleasure of CFO 6/2008 N.A. Guam ......................... Rosita Fejeran CS . N.A. No. Mariana Islands... Antoinette S. Calvo A 4 N.A. N.A. Puerto Rico ............... Juan Zaragoza A 4 N.A. N.A. U.S. Virgin Islands .... Valdamier Collens A 4 N.A. N.A. Source: The Council of State Governments, May 2015. (c) The Director of Finance performs this function. Key: (d) Eligible for eight out of any period of twelve years. ★ — No provision specifying number of terms allowed. (e) The Commissioner of Management and Budget performs this function. — No formal provision, position is appointed or elected by gov­ (f) Wheeler was appointed as state treasurer in March 2010 and served ernmental entity (not chosen by the electorate). as an interim designee. He was elected by Oregon voters in November A — Appointed by the governor. (In the District of Columbia, the 2010 and again in November 2012 to a full four­year term. Treasurer is appointed by the Chief Financial Officer. In Georgia, posi­ (g) The Comptroller of Public Accounts performs this function. tion is appointed by the State Depository Board.) (h) Gordon was appointed as state treasurer in October 2012 after E — Elected by the voters. CS — Civil Service. the death of Joseph Meyer. L — Elected by the legislature. N.A. — Not available. (i) Christopher Craig is the interim office holder. He assumed the office (a) The Deputy Commissioner of Department of Revenue performs on January 30, 2015, replacing Rob McCord (D), who resigned effective this function. earlier the same day following a federal investigation into campaign finance (b)The official title of the office of state treasurer is Chief Financial violations. Investigators found that McCord pressured potential contributors Officer. in his failed gubernatorial run in 2014. Craig will serve until Gov. Wolf selects a replacement for the remaining two years of McCord’s elected term. The Council of State Governments 221.
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