Missouri Treasurer candidates

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The State Treasurer is the state’s chief financial officer, overseeing revenue and finances. According to Ballotpedia, a State Treasurer’s duties include debt management policy, disaster preparation, pension fund administration, oversight to prevent fraud with public money, payroll matters for public employees and investing public funds and managing portfolios. Greta Cross | Editor-in-Chief | @gretacrossphoto

Scott Fitzpatrick

Republican Scott Fitzpatrick is running for re-election as Missouri State Treasurer this November.

Fitzpatrick is from Springfield and received his bachelor’s degree in business management and finance at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

According to Votesmart, at age 33, along with serving as Missouri Treasurer since 2019, he also had a seat in the Missouri State House of Representatives from 2013-2019. He has also chaired the House Budget Committee and Employment Security Committee.

Fitzpatrick is the founder and operator of Maricorp U.S., a floating boat dock manufacturing and construction firm located on Table Rock Lake.

According to his campaign website, Fitzpatrick is the fastest Treasurer in Missouri state history to return $1 million in unclaimed property to Missouri taxpayers in nine days. As state treasurer, he also created a system to return unclaimed property to children owed child support if an owing parent has unclaimed property held by the Treasurer’s Office.

More information about Scott Fitzpatrick can be found at scottfitzpatrick.com

Vicki Englund

Democrat Vicki Englund is running for Missouri State Treasurer against Republication incumbent Scott Fitzpatrick this November.

Englund is from Sunset Hills, Missouri and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science at American University in Washington D.C.

According to Votesmart, Englund served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2008-2010 and 2012-2014. She is also the founder of GiftPakExpress.com, an eBay assistant for St. Louis customers.

According to her campaign website, Englund supports the need for an Economic Recovery Plan to move through COVID-19, along with the expansion of Medicaid, promotion of the MOST 529 Education Plan and installation of online treasurer actions.

“I was the first in my family to go to college, and I know there are more kids out there like me who need a savings plan like Missouri’s MOST 529 Education Plan,” Englund said. “We need to do a better job of promoting this great program to our kids and grandkids.”

As the founder of an online shopping service, Englund states on her website that she believes transitioning the Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Auctions online could “save taxpayer dollars in operating costs and make more money by widening the auction audience worldwide.”

More information about Vicki Englund can be found at vickienglund.com