Kristi Racines (born c. 1983) is an American politician from the

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. She is the

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Early life and career

Racines was born in

Casper, Wyoming Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nic ...

, and raised in Riverton. She graduated from the

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...

with a

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in accounting and Spanish. She is a

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and worked as the

chief financial officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...

and director of human resources for the

Wyoming Supreme Court The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees submitted by the ...

Office of Court Administration, responsible for managing an $80 million budget.

Wyoming State Auditor

In the 2018 elections, Racines ran for

. She defeated

Nathan Winters Nathan Winters (born in Thermopolis, Wyoming ) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 28 from January 8, 2013, until his successor, John Winter, was seated January 8, 2019. ...

in the

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, and won the

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. She was sworn into office on January 7, 2019. Racines ran for reelection in the 2022 elections, and won a second term without opposition.https://k2radio.com/election-results-wyoming-state-auditor/

Personal life

Racines and her husband have two children and live in

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 US Census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical ...

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