North Dakota State Auditor

Incumbent
Josh Gallion

since January 1, 2017

Term length| Four years
Formation| 1889
First holder| John P. Bray
Website| www.nd.gov/auditor

North Dakota State Auditor is a political office in North Dakota. The current state auditor is Josh Gallion.

## History

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Since the creation of the office with the state's constitution in 1889, the state has seen a total of 16 state auditors. The first eight state auditors all served within the first 25 years of the office's creation, but since then auditors such as Robert W. Peterson, who served for 24 years, have served for longer spans of time. The office has been held by the state's Democratic Party only two years; that was from 1893 to 1894 when Arthur W. Porter was elected. All other auditors have been from the North Dakota Republican Party. It is the only statewide office in North Dakota to have never been held by a member of the Nonpartisan League. The auditor originally served a two-year term, but this was extended to four in 1964 by a constitutional amendment.

## Duties and responsibilities

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The auditor's duty is to oversee the four divisions of the office.[1]

* State Audit: audits the state of North Dakota
* Local Government Audit: audits counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions
* Royalty Audit: audits federal royalty payments from oil, gas, and coal leases located within the state
* North Dakota University System Performance Audit: audits the state university system

## See also

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* List of North Dakota state auditors

## References

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1. ^ "About Us". State Auditor's Office. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

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State auditors in the United States

Comptroller General of the United States: ▌Gene Dodaro (NP)

▌Andrew Sorrell (R)

▌Kris Curtis (NP)

▌Lindsey Perry (NP)

▌Dennis Milligan (R)

▌Malia Cohen (D)

▌Dianne Ray (NP)

▌Sean Scanlon (D)

▌Lydia York (D)

▌Sherrill Norman (R)

▌Greg Griffin (NP)

▌Les Kondo (NP)

▌Brandon Woolf (R)

▌Susana Mendoza (D)

▌Elise Nieshalla (R)

▌Rob Sand (D)

▌Justin Stowe (NP)

▌Allison Ball (R)

▌Mike Waguespack (NP)

▌Matthew Dunlap (D)

▌Brooke Lierman (D)

▌Diana DiZoglio (D)

▌Doug Ringler (NP)

▌Julie Blaha (DFL)

▌Shad White (R)

▌Scott Fitzpatrick (R)

▌Troy Downing (R)

▌Mike Foley (R)

▌Andy Matthews (R)

▌Michael Kane (NP)

▌David J. Kaschak (NP)

▌Joe Maestas (D)

▌Tom DiNapoli (D)

▌Jessica Holmes (D)

▌Josh Gallion (R)

▌Keith Faber (R)

▌Cindy Byrd (R)

▌LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D)

▌Timothy DeFoor (R)

▌Dennis Hoyle (NP)

▌Brian Gaines (D)

▌Rich Sattgast (R)

▌Jason Mumpower (R)

▌Glenn Hegar (R)

▌John Dougall (R)

▌Doug Hoffer (D)

▌Staci Henshaw (NP)

▌Pat McCarthy (D)

▌JB McCuskey (R)

▌Joe Chrisman (NP)

▌Kristi Racines (R)

Federal districts:

▌Kathy Patterson (D)

Territories:

▌Liua Fatuesi (NP)

▌Benjamin Cruz (D)

▌Michael Pai (NP)

▌Yesmín Valdivieso (NP)

▌Steven van Beverhoudt (NP)

Political party affiliations:

* ▌21 Republican (21 states)
* ▌18 Democratic (16 states, 1 territory, 1 district)
* ▌17 nonpartisan (13 states, 4 territories)

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