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Kentucky Treasurer

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General information
Office Type:  Partisan
Office website:  Official Link
Compensation:  $139,725
2025 FY Budget:  $7,086,200
Term limits:  2 consecutive terms
Structure
Length of term:   4 years
Authority:  Kentucky Constitution, Executive Department Article, Section 91
Selection Method:  Elected
Current Officeholder(s)

Kentucky State Treasurer Mark Metcalf
Republican Party
Assumed office: January 1, 2024

Elections
Next election:  November 2, 2027
Last election:  November 7, 2023
Other Kentucky Executive Offices
GovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorCommissioner of EducationAgriculture CommissionerInsurance CommissionerNatural Resources CommissionerLabor Cabinet SecretaryPublic Service Commission

The Treasurer of the State of Kentucky is an elected executive official in the Kentucky state government. The treasurer is the chief financial officer of the government of Kentucky, responsible for maintaining the state funds and acting as the state's bank.

Current officeholder

The current Kentucky State Treasurer is Mark Metcalf (R). Metcalf assumed office in 2024.

Authority

The office of state treasurer is established in the Executive Department Article of the Kentucky Constitution.

Executive Department Article, Section 91:

A Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics, Secretary of State, and Attorney-General, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State at the same time the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected, for the term of four years...

Qualifications

Executive Department Article, Section 91 of the Kentucky Constitution establishes the qualifications of the office:

  • at least 30 years old at time of election
  • resident of Kentucky for at least two years
...each of whom shall be at least thirty years of age at the time of his election, and shall have been a resident citizen of the State at least two years next before his election.

Elections

Up until 1851, the governor appointed the treasurer with the advice and consent of the Kentucky State Legislature. The 1850 Constitution made the treasurer an elected office serving a two-year term. In 1891, this was extended to four years.[1]

The treasurer is elected in the year preceding the presidential election (2019, 2023, 2027, etc.) According to state law, the inauguration always takes place the first Monday in January following the election.

Term limits

Kentucky state treasurers are limited to serving two four-year terms.

2027

See also: Kentucky Treasurer election, 2027

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 2, 2027.

Past elections

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2023
2019
2015


Vacancies

Note: Ballotpedia's state executive officials project researches the constitutional or statutory text that details the process of filling vacancies for a state executive office. That information for the Kentucky State Treasurer has not yet been added. After extensive research, we were unable to identify any relevant information on state official websites. If you have any additional information about this office for inclusion on this section and/or page, please email us.

Duties

The treasurer's statutory duties include:

Divisions

As of January 18, 2021, divisions within the Treasury Department included:[3]

  • Unclaimed Property
  • Disbursement Authority
  • Accounting Compliance
  • Quarterly Reports

State budget

See also: Kentucky state budget and finances

The Treasury's budget for Fiscal Year 2025 was $7,086,200.[4]

Compensation

See also: Compensation of state executive officers

2023

In 2023, the officer's salary was $139,725, according to the Council of State Governments.[5]

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $129,375, according to the Council of State Governments.[6]

2021

In 2021, the treasurer received a salary of $129,375, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]

2020

In 2020, the treasurer received a salary of $129,375 according to the Council of State Governments.[8]

2019

In 2019, the treasurer received a salary of $126,485 according to the Council of State Governments.[9]

2018

In 2018, the treasurer received a salary of $124,133 according to the Council of State Governments.[10]

2017

In 2017, the treasurer received a salary of $121,550 according to the Council of State Governments.[11]

2016

In 2016, the treasurer received a salary of $119,080 according to the Council of State Governments.[12]

2015

In 2015, the treasurer received a salary of $118,217 according to the Council of State Governments.[13]

2014

In 2014, the treasurer received a salary of $117,329 according to the Council of State Governments.[14]

2013

In 2013, the treasurer received a salary of $115,593 according to the Council of State Governments.[15]

2012

In 2012, the treasurer received a salary of $113,615 according to the Council of State Governments.

Historical officeholders

Since 1792, there have been 40 Kentucky State Treasurers. Three of them served more than one non-consecutive term. The constitutional prohibition against succeeding oneself was eliminated in 1992 in exchange for a two-term limit.[1]

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Recent news

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Contact information

Kentucky State Treasurer's Office
1050 US Highway 127 South, Suite 100
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Phone: (502) 564-4722
Fax: (502) 564-6545

See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kentucky Treasury, "200 Years of the Kentucky Treasury 1792-1992," accessed January 18, 2021
  2. Kentucky Secretary of State, "Treasurer," accessed November 4, 2015
  3. Kentucky State Treasurer, "Departments," accessed January 18, 2021
  4. Kentucky Office of State Budget Director, "2024-2026 Budget of the Commonwealth," accessed January 17, 2025
  5. Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 15, 2025
  6. Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
  7. Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
  8. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2020," accessed January 18, 2021
  9. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2019," accessed January 18, 2021
  10. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2018," accessed January 18, 2021
  11. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2017," accessed January 18, 2021
  12. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
  13. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
  14. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 24, 2014
  15. The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2013, Table 4.11," accessed February 2, 2014