2022 Alabama State Auditor election
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The 2022 Alabama State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the State Auditor of the state of Alabama. Primary elections were held on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21 if no candidate managed to receive a majority of the vote.
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November 8, 2022
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Incumbent Republican Auditor Jim Zeigler could not run for a third term due to being term-limited and instead chose to run for Secretary of State.[1] State representative Andrew Sorrell won the general election against Libertarian nominee Leigh LaChine; no Democrats filed to run for this position.[2]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Andrew Sorrell, state representative from the 3rd district.[3][4]
Eliminated
- Stan Cooke, professional counselor and candidate for this seat in 2018.[3][5] (eliminated in runoff)
- Rusty Glover, former state senator from the 34th district (2006–2018).[3] (eliminated in first round)
First round
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Alabama Republican Assembly[7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andrew Sorrell | 211,773 | 39.46% | |
| Republican | Stan Cooke | 175,970 | 32.79% | |
| Republican | Rusty Glover | 148,872 | 27.74% | |
| Total votes | 536,615 | 100% | ||
Runoff
Debate
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.[9]
| No. | Date | Location | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||||||
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| P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee E Eliminated W Withdrawn | ||||||||||||||
| Cooke | Glover | Sorrell | ||||||||||||
| 1 | June 13, 2022 | Gardendale | WYDE-FM | Becky Garretson Ray Melick |
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andrew Sorrell | 205,006 | 57.45% | |
| Republican | Stan Cooke | 151,815 | 42.55% | |
| Total votes | 356,821 | 100% | ||
Libertarian convention
No primary was held for the Libertarian Party, and the party instead nominated candidates.[11]
Nominee
- Leigh LaChine, environmental consultant.[12]
General election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andrew Sorrell | 947,266 | 85.03% | |
| Libertarian | Leigh LaChine | 166,760 | 14.97% | |
| Total votes | 1,114,026 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||