The state auditor of Missouri is an elected constitutional officer in the
executive branch of government of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
. Thirty-eight individuals have occupied the office of state auditor since statehood. The incumbent is
Nicole Galloway, a
Democrat.
Election and qualification
The state auditor serves a four-year term, and is the only state executive branch official elected in even-numbered non-presidential election years. To be eligible for the office of state auditor, a candidate must meet the same eligibility requirements prescribed for the governor.
Powers and duties
The state auditor is charged by Article IV, Section 13 of the Missouri Constitution with supervising and auditing the receipt and expenditure of public funds and prescribing appropriate systems of accounts for all public offices, be they state agencies or local governments. In accordance with this mandate, the state auditor conducts
financial
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and
performance audits for approximately 200 state agencies, boards, and commissions, and the state's judicial branch. The state auditor also audits county and city governments at the auditor's initiative or when requested by citizen petition, and otherwise prescribes uniform accounting and budgeting systems for all classes of political subdivisions.
Missouri's state auditor is one of only four elected auditors in the United States whose core responsibilities are set down in the state constitution. The other state auditors to which this phenomenon applies are the auditors in
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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,
Utah
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, and
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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.
Recent history
The office was temporarily held by John Watson after
Tom Schweich
Thomas A. Schweich (October 2, 1960 – February 26, 2015) was an American politician, diplomat, attorney, and author. A member of the Republican Party, Schweich served as State Auditor of Missouri from 2011 until his death in 2015.
Prior to bei ...
, who was elected in
2010
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and reelected in
2014
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, died on February 26, 2015. Nicole Galloway was appointed by
Governor
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Jay Nixon
Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th Governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the governorship in 2008 and reel ...
to fill the office on a permanent basis until the
2018 election, effective on April 27, 2015, and was subsequently elected to a full term.
Nixon picks Boone County treasurer for state auditor job (St, Louis Post-Dispatch article-April 15, 2015)
/ref> Scott Fitzpatrick was elected as State Auditor in 2022
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, and is scheduled to assume office in January, 2023.
List of State Auditors of Missouri
References
*''Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005–2006''.
External links
*Publications by or abou
the Office of the Missouri State Auditor
at Internet Archive.
{{Missouri statewide elected officials
MIssouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...