Mary Mosiman (born February 13, 1962) is an American politician who served as the 32nd
state auditor of Iowa. A
Republican, she was appointed by Governor
Terry Branstad
Terry Edward Branstad (born November 17, 1946) is a retired American politician who served as the 39th and 42nd governor of Iowa (1983–1999; 2011–2017) and the United States ambassador to China (2017–2020). A member of the Repu ...
to the position of Auditor of State on May 13, 2013, filling a vacancy created when
David A. Vaudt resigned.
She was elected to a full term of office in 2014.
She was defeated by Democrat Rob Sand in 2018.
Previously, she had served as
Story County auditor
An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting an ...
winning election in 2000 and re-election in 2004 and 2008, and as Deputy
Iowa Secretary of State from 2010 to 2013.
Mosiman was born and currently resides in
Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines in central Iowa. It is the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Ames ha ...
and grew up in
Hubbard, Iowa. She earned a degree in Business-Accounting in 1999 and became a
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is the title of qualified accountants in numerous countries in the English-speaking world. It is generally equivalent to the title of chartered accountant in other English-speaking countries. In the United Stat ...
in 2003.
Electoral history
References
External links
Iowa Auditor of State
1962 births
21st-century Iowa politicians
County auditors in the United States
Iowa Republicans
Living people
Politicians from Ames, Iowa
People from Hardin County, Iowa
Iowa auditors of state
Women in Iowa politics
21st-century American women politicians
County officials in Iowa
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