The 2018 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the

state auditor State auditors (also known as state comptrollers, state controllers, state examiners, or inspectors general) are fiscal officers lodged in the executive or legislative branches of U.S. state governments who serve as external auditors, financial ...

of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Julie Blaha Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. Before her election as auditor, Blaha served as secretary-tr ...

, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) endorsed candidate, won the election.

Background

DFL incumbent Rebecca Otto was first elected in

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, defeating one-term Republican incumbent Pat Anderson. Otto was re-elected in

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and

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. On January 9, 2017, Otto announced she would seek election to be governor and would not seek re-election to be state auditor.

Candidates

Republican Party of Minnesota

* Pam Myhra, Certified Public Accountant, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015; candidate for the Republican nomination for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district in

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; candidate for the Republican nomination for

lieutenant governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

as Marty Seifert's running mate in

Myhra was unanimously endorsed by the Republicans on June 2, 2018, at their state convention.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO; former president of Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota; former middle school math teacher Blaha was endorsed by the DFL over Jon Tollefson on June 3, 2018, at their state convention. Tollefson filed for office, but later withdrew.

Withdrawn

* Jack Dickinson, small business owner ** Withdrew on February 6, 2018, and endorsed Jon Tollefson. * Jon Tollefson, lobbyist for the Minnesota Nurses Association; candidate for the DFL nomination for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in

; candidate for the DFL nomination for District 44B in the Minnesota House of Representatives in

** Withdrew on June 7, 2018.

Minor parties and independents

* Chris Dock, Libertarian Party of Minnesota * Michael Ford, Legal Marijuana Now Party

Results

References

External links

Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State
;Official Minnesota State Auditor candidate websites
Julie Blaha (D) for State AuditorMichael Ford (LMN) for State AuditorPam Myhra (R) for State AuditorChris Dock (L) for State Auditor
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