The state auditor of

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is constitutionally required to make a complete report to the

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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

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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

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. 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

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

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, 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

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from the 3rd district. His predecessor as auditor was

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, a fellow Republican who held the office from 2015 to 2023. He was constitutionally ineligible to seek a third term and unsuccessfully ran for

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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: * Andrew Sorrell (R) (2023–present) *

(R) (2015–2023) * Samantha Shaw (R) (2007–2015) * Beth Chapman (R) (2003–2007) * Susan Parker (D) (1999–2003) *

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(R) (1995–1999) * Terry Ellis (D) (1991–1995) * Jan Cook (D) (1983–1991) * Bettye Frink (D) (1975–1983) * Melba Till Allen (D) (1967–1975) * Bettye Frink (D) (1963–1967) * Mary Texas Hurt Garner (D) (1959–1963) * Agnes Baggett (D) (1955–1959)

2022 State Auditor of Alabama election

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Andrew Sorrell, member of the

from the 3rd district (2018–2022)

=Eliminated

= * Stan Cooke, professional counselor and previous candidate for this seat in 2018 ''(eliminated in runoff)'' * Rusty Glover, former member of the

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from the 34th district (2006–2018) ''(eliminated in first round)''

First round

=Endorsements

=Results

Runoff

=Debates and forums

= Candidates Cooke and Sorrell squared off in a debate at the Gardendale Civic Center just more than a week ahead of the Republican primary runoff on June 13, 2022. The debate was cosponsored by WYDE-FM and 1819 News.