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Josh Haeder
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2019 - Present
2027
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Josh Haeder (Republican Party) is the South Dakota Treasurer. He assumed office on January 7, 2019. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Haeder (Republican Party) ran for re-election for South Dakota Treasurer. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Political career
South Dakota Treasurer (2019-present)
Haeder was elected South Dakota treasurer on November 6, 2018. He assumed office on January 7, 2019.
Elections
2022
See also: South Dakota Treasurer election, 2022
General election
General election for South Dakota Treasurer
Incumbent Josh Haeder defeated John Cunningham in the general election for South Dakota Treasurer on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Josh Haeder (R) | 67.0 | 219,334 | |
 | John Cunningham (D) | 33.0 | 107,916 | |
| Total votes: 327,250 | |||
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Democratic convention
Democratic convention for South Dakota Treasurer
John Cunningham advanced from the Democratic convention for South Dakota Treasurer on July 9, 2022.
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Republican convention
Republican convention for South Dakota Treasurer
Incumbent Josh Haeder advanced from the Republican convention for South Dakota Treasurer on June 25, 2022.
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2018
- See also: South Dakota Treasurer election, 2018
General election
General election for South Dakota Treasurer
Josh Haeder defeated Aaron Matson in the general election for South Dakota Treasurer on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Josh Haeder (R) | 62.3 | 195,019 | |
 | Aaron Matson (D) | 37.7 | 117,763 | |
| Total votes: 312,782 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Issues
ESG
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Header has taken positions in opposition to the Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) movement.
Opposition to SEC proposal to mandate ESG reporting (June 2022)
In June 2022, Haeder and 22 other state financial officials submitted a comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing an SEC rule proposal titled the “Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.” In December 2022, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported that if the SEC rule were finalized it “would become some of the first mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting requirements for U.S. companies, requiring the disclosure of climate-related risk information in registration statements and periodic reports.”[1][2]
“We have watched with dismay as the Commission and other federal commissions and boards have proposed rules and policies that promote political causes that will adversely affect public finance and retirement income,” wrote the state financial officers in the letter. “The Proposed Rule is another such rule.”[3]
Opposition to Morningstar ratings of Israel investments (August 2022)
In late August 2022, Haeder and 17 other members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) co-signed a letter addressed to the Morningstar investment rating service expressing their “serious concern regarding reports that Morningstar, Inc. (Morningstar), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sustainalytics, negatively rates firms connected to Israel in apparent alignment with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.” The letter asserted the BDS movement was “antithetical to the global causes of peace, democracy, and human rights” and asked Morningstar to take corrective action immediately to terminate all research and ratings products that treat Israel-connected companies differently than companies operating in other free democracies.”[4]
Pro-American Energy Letter to President Biden (April 2022)
In April 2022, Haeder and 26 other state financial officers cosigned an open letter to President Joe Biden criticizing his administration for promoting an ESG agenda and enacting policies that “thwart the vitality of American energy production.” The letter specifically criticized Biden for canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, disallowing new oil and natural gas leases on federal lands, canceling drilling projects in Alaska and imposing “anti-oil and gas rulemaking from the highest levels of government.”[5]
“Instead of asking Americans to purchase electric vehicles—which is simply not an option for a great number of American families—government leaders should eliminate barriers to and expand development of these critical resources, bringing down the price of gas at the pump,” wrote the letter signers. “Most Americans cannot afford to purchase an electric vehicle or equip their home with a full set of solar panels, and many in rural America need traditional fuel to run the trucks that service their farms and help feed their communities.”[6]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ ‘‘Pittsburgh Business Times’’, “SEC’s proposed ESG rule: Key takeaways for public and private companies,” December 1, 2022
- ↑ ‘‘State Financial Officers Foundation’’, Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, June 17, 2022
- ↑ ‘‘State Financial Officers Foundation’’, Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, June 17, 2022
- ↑ '’West Virginia Office of the State Treasurer, “Letter from membership of State Financial Officers Foundation to Mr. Kunal Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Morningstar, Inc.,” August 25, 2022
- ↑ ‘‘State Financial Officers Foundation’’, “Letter to President Joe Biden,” April 5, 2022
- ↑ ‘‘State Financial Officers Foundation’’, “Letter to President Joe Biden,” April 5, 2022
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