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State Auditor of Alabama
since January 16, 2023
TypeState Auditor
Term length
Two consecutive terms
SuccessionFifth
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The state auditor of Alabama is constitutionally required to make a complete report to the governor of Alabama showing the receipts and disbursement of every character, all claims audited and paid out, and all taxes and revenues collected and paid into the treasury. The office also makes other reports to the governor and the Alabama Legislature as the law requires. Since 1969, the office has been responsible for maintaining all property records of all non-consumable property of the State of Alabama. Until 1899 the office was responsible for maintaining all land records of the state when at that time, that function was transferred to the Alabama Forestry Commission. A separate Office of Public Examiners administers audits conducted by the state.

The state auditor also serves as a member of The State Board of Adjustment, The State Board of Appointment for Boards of Registrars, The State Board of Compromise, The Alabama Education Authority (ex officio), and The Penny Trust Fund.

Election of State Auditor

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The state auditor is an elected post chosen in partisan elections. It is elected in the same cycle as the other constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Alabama, including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state treasurer, and secretary of state. State law prohibits any individual from being elected to more than two consecutive terms. Women have traditionally held the office for most of the past sixty years. Nine women have held the post starting with the election of Agnes Baggett in 1954.

The current state auditor is Andrew Sorrell, who took office on January 16, 2023. He was previously a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 3rd district. His predecessor as auditor was Jim Zeigler, a fellow Republican who held the office from 2015 to 2023. He was constitutionally ineligible to seek a third term and unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State of Alabama instead. Sorrell won the Republican primary and general election to succeed Zeigler in 2022.

Listed below are the state auditors for the past several terms:

2006 State Auditor of Alabama election

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wes Allen 102,520 30.66%
Republican Samantha Shaw 88,114 26.35%
Republican Tripp Skipper 74,436 22.26%
Republican Chess Bedsole 69,321 20.73%
Total votes 334,391 100%

Runoff results

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Republican primary runoff results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samantha Shaw 83,176 50.76%
Republican Wes Allen 80,671 49.24%
Total votes 163,847 100%

Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Janie Baker Clarke 194,283 51.24%
Democratic Charley Baker 116,624 30.76%
Democratic Wayne Sowell 68,223 18.00%
Total votes 379,130 100%

General election

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Results by county
Shaw:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Clarke:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
2006 Alabama State Auditor election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samantha Shaw 627,424 54.08%
Democratic Janie Baker Clarke 531,717 45.83%
Write-in 946 0.09%
Total votes 1,160,087 100%
Republican hold

2002 State Auditor of Alabama election

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Zeigler 123,279 42.94%
Republican Beth Chapman 82,013 28.56%
Republican Pat Duncan 51,553 17.95%
Republican Meredith Mayes 30,279 10.55%
Total votes 287,124 100%

Runoff results

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Republican primary runoff results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Beth Chapman 73,118 52.56%
Republican Jim Zeigler 65,983 47.44%
Total votes 139,101 100%

Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carolyn Gibson 158,850 44.86%
Democratic Debbie Tucker Corbett 75,534 21.33%
Democratic Karen Haiden Jackson 54,113 15.28%
Democratic Jerry Morgan Nelson, Jr. 39,734 11.22%
Democratic Earl Mack "Choo-Choo" Gavin 25,886 7.31%
Total votes 354,117 100%

Runoff results

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Democratic primary runoff results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carolyn Gibson 158,707 64.35%
Democratic Debbie Tucker Corbett 87,940 35.65%
Total votes 246,647 100%

General election

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Results by county
Chapman:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Gibson:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
2002 Alabama State Auditor election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Beth Chapman 655,189 51.28%
Democratic Carolyn Gibson 579,899 45.39%
Libertarian Franklin Reeves 41,397 3.24%
Write-in 1,178 0.09%
Total votes 1,277,663 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

References

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  1. ^ "2006 GOP Primary Certified Results" (PDF). June 16, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Certification of Republican Primary Runoff Results" (PDF). August 2, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "2006 Democratic Primary Certified Results" (PDF). June 16, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "2006 Canvass of General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "2002 GOP Primary Certified Results". June 16, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Certification of Republican Primary Runoff Results" (PDF). July 1, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "2002 Democratic Primary Certified Results" (PDF). June 10, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Pitt, Redding (July 1, 2002). "Certification of Democratic Primary Runoff Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "2002 Canvass of General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. November 20, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
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