The 2024 United States state auditor elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the state auditors of eight states and one territory. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020, while Vermont's state auditor was last elected in 2022.
These elections took place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the Senate and House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Republicans had a net gain of one seat in these elections, flipping North Carolina.
Partisan composition Going into the election, there were 18 Republican elected state auditors and 14 Democratic elected state auditors in the United States. This class of state auditor was made up of 5 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans were defending one state auditor office in a state that Joe Biden won in 2020 (Pennsylvania). While, Democrats were defending one state auditor office in a state that Donald Trump won in 2020 (North Carolina).
Race summary States State Auditor Party Firstelected Status Candidates Montana 2020 Incumbent retired torun for U.S. House.Republican hold. North Carolina 2023 Interim appointee lost election.Republican gain. North Dakota 2016 Incumbent re-elected. Pennsylvania 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Utah 2012 Incumbent retired torun for U.S. House.Republican hold. Vermont 2012 Incumbent re-elected. Washington 2016 Incumbent re-elected. West Virginia 2016 Incumbent retired torun for attorney general.Republican hold.
Territory Territory Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates Guam Benjamin Cruz Nonpartisan 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
Closest races States where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5%: North Carolina, 1.74%
States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Pennsylvania, 5.19%
Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans.
Montana
State Auditor Troy Downing was elected in 2020 with 55.3% of the vote. He retired to run for U.S. House. Republican James Brown defeated Democrat John Repke with 61.4% of the vote.
North Carolina
State Auditor Jessica Holmes was appointed to the position after her predecessor Beth Wood resigned. She ran for a full term but was defeated by Republican Dave Boliek who won with 49.4% of the vote.
North Dakota
State Auditor Josh Gallion was re-elected in 2020 with 67.7% of the vote. He won re-election to a third term against Democrat Timothy Lamb with 68.7% of the vote.
Pennsylvania State Auditor Timothy DeFoor was elected in 2020 with 49.4% of the vote. He won re-election to a second term against Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta with 51.1% of the vote.
Utah
State Auditor John Dougall was re-elected in 2020 with 74.8% of the vote. He retired to run for U.S. House. Republican Tina Cannon defeated Democrat Cathrine Voutaz with 63.5% of the vote.
Vermont
State Auditor Doug Hoffer was re-elected in 2022 with 65.1% of the vote. He won re-election to a seventh term against Republican H. Brooke Paige with 60.6% of the vote.
Washington
State Auditor Pat McCarthy was re-elected in 2020 with 58.0% of the vote. She won re-election to a third term against Republican Matt Hawkins with 60.6% of the vote.
West Virginia
State Auditor JB McCuskey was re-elected in 2020 with 67.0% of the vote. He retired to run for attorney general. Republican Mark Hunt defeated Democrat Mary Ann Claytor with 68.7% of the vote.
Territories
Guam
State Auditor Benjamin Cruz was re-elected in 2020 unopposed. He won re-election to a second full term unopposed.
See also 2024 United States elections
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