Candidate · State Treasurer
Curtis Melvin "Curt" Loftis, Jr.
What this job does: The state government's banker. The treasurer keeps and invests the state's money, manages state debt so payments are made on time, and runs the college savings plans and the unclaimed property program (money owed to people that was never collected). A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Treasurer (since 2011)
Background
- First elected state treasurer in 2010; in office since 2011. source: treasurer.sc.gov
- Graduate of the University of South Carolina; native of Lexington County; founder of the Saluda Charitable Foundation. source: treasurer.sc.gov
- In April 2025 the state Senate voted 33-8 to remove Loftis from office over a $1.8 billion accounting error; the House did not vote on removal. source: en.wikipedia.org
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