2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election

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Turnout	51.4% 8.75% [1]
Nominee Diana DiZoglio Anthony Amore Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,310,773 897,223 Percentage 55.1% 37.7%
County results Municipality results Congressional district results DiZoglio:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Amore:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
State Auditor before election Suzanne Bump Democratic Elected State Auditor Diana DiZoglio Democratic

The 2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022 to elect the Massachusetts State Auditor. The election was held alongside other elections in Massachusetts. Incumbent Auditor Suzanne Bump did not run for re-election. Democratic nominee Diana DiZoglio defeated Republican nominee Anthony Amore in the general election. ^[2]

Primary elections were held on September 6, 2022. Diana DiZoglio defeated Chris Dempsey in the Democratic primary, while Anthony Amore won the Republican primary unopposed. In addition to the major party primaries, minor parties also nominated candidates. The Green-Rainbow Party nominated Gloria Cabellero-Roca, the Workers Party of Massachusetts nominated Dominic Giannone, and the Libertarian Party nominated Daniel Riek. ^[3]

Background

The Massachusetts State Auditor is tasked with conducting investigations and audits of government agencies. ^[4] The Auditor has the authority and responsibility to audit all government agencies and departments within Massachusetts. Most agencies and departments are required to undergo audits every 3 years. The Auditor is expected to follow standards set by the Comptroller General of the United States. ^[5]

Incumbent three-term State Auditor Suzanne Bump, a Democrat, was eligible to run for re-election. However, on May 25, 2021, she announced that she would not run for a fourth term. ^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Diana DiZoglio, state senator (2013–2023) ^[7]

Eliminated in primary

• Chris Dempsey, leader of Transportation for Massachusetts, a non-profit transportation advocacy group ^[8]

Withdrawn

• Eileen Duff, governor's councillor (2013–2025) ^[9] (Endorsed DiZoglio) ^[10]

Declined

• Suzanne Bump, incumbent State Auditor (2011–2023) ^[6] (Endorsed Dempsey) ^[11]

Endorsements

Eileen Duff (withdrawn)

State officials

• Mary Hurley, member of the Governor's Council ^[12]

State legislators

• Tram Nguyen, state representative ^[13]
• Tom Walsh, state representative ^[13]

Diana DiZoglio

U.S. representatives

• Lori Trahan, MA-03 (2019–present) ^{[14] [15]}

State officials

• Eileen Duff, member of the Governor's Council ^[10]

State legislators

• Anne Gobi, state senator ^{[14] [15]}
• Barry Finegold, state senator ^[15]
• John Cronin, state senator ^[15]
• Edward J. Kennedy, state senator ^[15]
• Michael O. Moore, state senator ^[15]

Labor unions

• Massachusetts AFL-CIO ^[16]
• Massachusetts Nurses Association ^[17]
• Massachusetts Teachers Association ^[18]
• Boston Carmen's Union Local 589 ^[19]
• National Association of Government Employees ^[20]

Organizations

• EMILY's List ^{[21] [14]}

Chris Dempsey

State officials

• Suzanne Bump, incumbent State Auditor (2011–2023) ^{[11] [14]}

State legislators

• Karen Spilka, president of the Massachusetts Senate (2018–present) ^[14]
• Kathleen O'Connor Ives, former state senator (predecessor to DiZoglio) ^[14]
• Jo Comerford, state senator ^[22]
• Joe Wagner, state representative ^[23]
• Natalie Blais, state representative ^{[22] [23]}
• Jeffrey Roy, state representative ^[24]
• Carmine Gentile, state representative ^[25]
• Jack Patrick Lewis, state representative ^[25]
• Bud Williams, state representative ^[23]

Local officials

• Michelle Wu, mayor of Boston (2021–present) ^[26]

Organizations

• Sierra Club ^[27]
• Our Revolution Massachusetts ^[24]
• Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts ^[24]
• 350 Mass Action ^[25]
• Bay State Stonewall Democrats ^[25]

Political parties

• Massachusetts Democratic Party ^{[28] [22]}

Debates

Three debates were held for the Democratic primary.

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial general election debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderators	Link	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
					Diana DiZoglio	Chris Dempsey
1	Aug. 3, 2022	WBUR-FM The Boston Globe WCVB-TV	Tiziana Dearing	YouTube	P	P
2	Aug. 8, 2022	WGBH-TV	Jim Braude	YouTube	P	P
3	Aug. 12, 2022	WBZ-TV	Jon Keller	CBS	P	P

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Dempsey	2,148	52.6%
	Democratic	Diana DiZoglio	1,931	47.3%
Total votes			4,079	100.0%

Primary

Democratic primary results ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DiZoglio	372,597	54.4%
	Democratic	Christopher Dempsey	311,156	45.4%
	Write-in		1,082	0.2%
Total votes			684,835	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Anthony Amore, security professional and private investigator ^[30]

Endorsements

Anthony Amore

State officials

• Charlie Baker, governor of Massachusetts (2015–2023) ^[30]

Results

Republican primary results ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Amore	201,280	99.5%
	Write-in		1,130	0.5%
Total votes			202,410	100.0%

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Diana DiZoglio (D)

State officials

• Maura Healey, attorney general of Massachusetts (2015–2023) ^[32]
• Suzanne Bump, incumbent State Auditor (2011–2023) ^[33]

Anthony Amore (R)

State officials

• Jane Swift, former acting governor of Massachusetts (2001–2003) and former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1999–2003) ^[34]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Diana DiZoglio (D)	Anthony Amore (R)	Gloria Cabellero-Roca (G-R)	Dominic Giannone (W)	Daniel Riek (L)	Other	Undecided
UMass Amherst/WCVB [35]	October 20–26, 2022	700 (RV)	± 4.3%	51%	33%	2%	3%	5%	3% [b]	4%
UMass Lowell [36]	October 18–25, 2022	1000 (LV)	± 4.1%	44%	29%	4%	2%	2%	–	19%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo [37]	October 13–16, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4% [38]	39.8%	25.2%	3.2%	1.2%	5.4%	1% [c]	24.2%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo [39]	September 10-13, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4% [38]	39.4%	21.0%	3.0%	1.8%	5.4%	1% [c]	28.4%

Debate

Amore challenged DiZoglio to 5 debates held in different parts of Massachusetts. ^[40] However, only one was held. ^[41]

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Diana DiZoglio	Anthony Amore
1	Oct. 15, 2022	WBZ-TV	Jon Keller	CBS	P	P

Results

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DiZoglio	1,310,773	55.1%
	Republican	Anthony Amore	897,223	37.7%
	Green-Rainbow	Gloria A. Caballero-Roca	68,646	2.9%
	Workers Party	Dominic S. Giannone, III	51,877	2.2%
	Libertarian	Daniel Werner Riek	48,625	2.0%
	Write-in		1,648	0.1%
Total votes			2,378,792	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By county

DiZoglio won all but one county. ^[42]

By county

County Diana DiZoglio Democratic Anthony Amore Republican All Others # % # % # % Barnstable 56,295 51.0% 46,487 42.1% 7,580 6.9% Berkshire 29,362 62.2% 13,699 29.0% 1,818 8.8% Bristol 83,547 47.6% 79,374 45.2% 12,512 7.1% Dukes 6,061 68.3% 2,117 23.9% 698 7.9% Essex 154,413 55.9% 107,071 38.8% 14,744 5.3% Franklin 18,117 59.4% 8,697 28.5% 3,670 12.0% Hampden 61,265 46.1% 58,784 44.2% 12,846 9.7% Hampshire 37,939 60.9% 17,008 27.3% 7,398 11.7% Middlesex 351,097 60.6% 190,525 32.9% 38,135 6.5% Nantucket 2,679 57.6% 1,573 33.8% 402 8.6% Norfolk 149,032 55.1% 102,873 38.0% 18,683 6.8% Plymouth 95,200 46.3% 95,526 46.4% 14,931 7.2% Suffolk 130,003 68.6% 44,394 23.4% 15,149 7.8% Worcester 133,998 47.6% 128,058 45.4% 19,716 6.9% Totals 1,310,773 55.1% 897,223 37.7% 170,796 7.1% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Plymouth (largest municipality: Brockton)

By congressional district

DiZoglio won all nine congressional districts. ^[43]

District	DiZoglio	Amore	Representative
1st	49%	42%	Richard Neal
2nd	53%	39%	Jim McGovern
3rd	55%	39%	Lori Trahan
4th	53%	40%	Jake Auchincloss
5th	63%	31%	Katherine Clark
6th	53%	41%	Seth Moulton
7th	74%	17%	Ayanna Pressley
8th	55%	38%	Stephen Lynch
9th	48%	44%	Bill Keating

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Other" with 3%
3. "Refused" with 1%

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