2022 Minnesota State Auditor election

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2022 Minnesota State Auditor election
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Nominee Julie Blaha Ryan Wilson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote1,168,1851,159,750
Percentage47.47%47.13%
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Blaha:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Wilson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
State Auditor before election

Julie Blaha
Democratic (DFL)

Elected State Auditor

Julie Blaha
Democratic (DFL)

The 2022 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the state auditor of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Incumbent DFLer Julie Blaha narrowly won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Blaha was challenged by Republican candidate Ryan Wilson, Grassroot–Legalize Cannabis Party candidate Will Finn, and Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Tim Davis. [1]

This election was the second-closest for Minnesota State Auditor ever, after 1934. [2]

Background

In Minnesota, the state auditor is charged with supervising and auditing the finances of the state's approximately 4,800 local governments, which altogether tax and spend over $40 billion annually. [3] Likewise, the state auditor performs under contract the annual single audit of nearly $26 billion in federal funds spent by state agencies and their subrecipients. [4] The state auditor's authority transcends jurisdictions and applies to all local governments, be they counties, cities, towns, school districts, local pension funds, metropolitan and regional agencies, or myriad special purpose districts, and to every state agency that receives federal financial assistance. [5]

Nature of the office

Since the elected constitutional office of state treasurer was eliminated in 2003, and despite the office's importance, the election for state auditor has been considered Minnesota's most "low-key" statewide race. [6] Auditor races are obscure enough to earn headlines when a "real issue" emerges. [7] Other analyses suggest that the auditor's office, which has lost half its staff since the 1990s, is Minnesota's "most overlooked and underfunded statewide office." [8]

Synopsis of incumbent's tenure

In 2018, Julie Blaha, then secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO, was elected to replace retiring fellow DFLer Rebecca Otto who unsuccessfully sought the DFL nomination for governor. As state auditor, Blaha was involved in uncovering and investigating a handful of public finance scandals, including an embezzlement scandal in Canton and Whalan and a conflict-of-interest case concerning the mayor of Two Harbors. [9] [10] Auditor Blaha was also publicly critical of Minnesota's civil asset forfeiture laws, arguing they were needlessly punitive for low-income suspects. She led a push to reform the laws which was ultimately successful in 2021. [11]

Candidates

The primary for State Auditor was uncontested.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Julie Blaha, incumbent State Auditor and former secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO, announced her intention to run for election in November 2021. [12] She won the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party's endorsement unanimously at the party convention in May 2022. [13]

Nominee

Republican Party

Ryan Wilson, an attorney and former founder and CEO of a Minnesota-based clinical trial auditing firm, announced his candidacy in February 2022. [14] Wilson, of Maple Grove, sought and received the endorsement of the Republican Party of Minnesota in May at the party's state convention. [15]

Nominee

  • Ryan Wilson, attorney, former CEO of Symbios Clinical [14]

Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party

Kevin Finander, who appeared on ballots under the name Will Finn, was the nominee for the Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party. A self-described Libertarian, Finander was the chair of the Minnesota Taxation is Theft political action committee and a member of the South St. Paul library board. [16]

Nominee

Longtime activist and Legal Marijuana Now Party chairman Tim Davis was his party's nominee in 2022. In an interview, Davis acknowledged that Auditor Blaha supported legalizing marijuana, but was committed to running nonetheless, arguing "[DFLers] haven’t gotten anything done. We will be running. If we can get candidates, we will run.” [17]

Nominee

General election

Campaign issues

Feeding Our Future

Feeding Our Future, a now-dissolved Minnesota nonprofit, defrauded the state's USDA-funded school nutrition programs of at least $250 million over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] [20] On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced federal charges against 47 former Feeding Our Future employees for their involvement in the nation's largest pandemic-related fraud scheme. [21] Republican nominee Ryan Wilson argued that DFL incumbent Auditor Julie Blaha could have minimized the fraud scheme's damage if her office had notified the federal authorities sooner of Feeding Our Future's internal control discrepancies. [22] Auditor Blaha contended that her office is primarily designed for auditing local governments in Minnesota and that her office had submitted a report to the Minnesota Department of Education which noted that Feeding Our Future had not complied with standard auditing practice. [23]

ESG investing

The Minnesota State Auditor is a member of the State Board of Investment (SBI), which oversees the state's $130 billion investment portfolio. [7] As auditor, Julie Blaha had argued that the state should shift its investing strategies to meet so-called environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) guidelines. [7] Blaha had argued that the state is a "long-term investor" that must focus on the potential long-term impacts of climate change and social inequities to maintain a stable investment portfolio. [24] Wilson had argued that ESG investment is inherently political and that SBI should prioritize return on investment as a fiduciary over other public policy considerations, arguing Blaha was looking to "play politics" with state pensions. [24] [25]

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size [lower-alpha 1]

Margin

of error

Julie
Blaha (DFL)		Ryan
Wilson (R)		OthersUndecided
SurveyUSA [upper-alpha 1] Oct. 26 – 30, 2022836 (LV)± 3.9%39%44%3% [lower-alpha 2] 14%
Trafalgar Group (R) [upper-alpha 2] Oct. 17 – 19, 20221,091 (LV)± 2.9%40.4%44.1%6.0% [lower-alpha 3] 9.5%
Embold Research Oct. 10 – 14, 20221,585 (LV)± 2.6%40.4%39.8%6.1% [lower-alpha 4] 13.7% [lower-alpha 5]
SurveyUSA Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022604 (LV)± 4.4%41%38%3%18%
Trafalgar Group (R) [upper-alpha 3] Sep. 14, 20221,079 (LV)± 2.9%41.2%42.3%5.7% [lower-alpha 6] 10.8%
SurveyUSA Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022562 (LV)± 4.9%38%37%3%23%

Results

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2022 Minnesota State Auditor election [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic (DFL) Julie Blaha (incumbent) 1,168,185 47.47% −1.88%
Republican Ryan Wilson1,159,75047.13%+3.90%
Legal Marijuana Now Tim Davis87,3863.55%−1.73%
Grassroots—LC Will Finn44,2701.80%N/A
Write-in 1,3410.05%+0.01%
Total votes2,460,932 100.0%
Democratic (DFL) hold

By county

CountyJulie Blaha
DFL		Ryan Wilson
GOP		Tim Davis
LMN		Will Finn
GLC		Write-inMarginTotal votes
%#%#%#%#%#%#
Aitkin 32.31%2,68562.93%5,2293.26%2711.48%1230.01%1−30.62%−2,5448,309
Anoka 42.15%64,82551.21%78,7584.64%7,1331.94%2,9880.05%80−9.06%−13,933153,784
Becker 30.41%4,43564.80%9,4503.28%4791.47%2150.03%5−34.39%−5,01514,584
Beltrami 40.95%7,30652.92%9,4424.02%7172.09%3720.02%4−11.97%−2,13617,841
Benton 28.89%4,65265.09%10,4803.97%6401.99%3210.06%9−36.19%−5,82816,102
Big Stone 33.07%79262.13%1,4883.59%861.13%270.08%2−29.06%−6962,395
Blue Earth 46.81%12,19247.54%12,3823.97%1,0341.67%4340.02%5−0.73%−19026,047
Brown 28.81%3,30666.97%7,6862.77%3181.39%1590.06%7−38.17%−4,38011,476
Carlton 46.01%7,18847.55%7,4294.08%6372.25%3520.10%16−1.54%−24115,622
Carver 40.25%21,24755.00%29,0363.06%1,6141.66%8760.03%18−14.75%−7,78952,791
Cass 29.85%4,49265.11%9,7992.94%4432.07%3110.04%6−35.26%−5,30715,051
Chippewa 31.10%1,52164.44%3,1523.13%1531.29%630.04%2−33.35%−1,6314,891
Chisago 31.83%8,11461.67%15,7204.45%1,1342.00%5100.04%11−29.84%−7,60625,489
Clay 47.58%10,20446.60%9,9953.95%8481.75%3760.12%250.97%20921,448
Clearwater 23.59%82971.97%2,5293.02%1061.42%500.00%0−48.38%−1,7003,514
Cook 64.10%2,04831.77%1,0152.47%791.63%520.03%132.33%1,0333,195
Cottonwood 26.09%1,19068.95%3,1453.31%1511.53%700.11%5−42.86%−1,9554,561
Crow Wing 31.24%10,04263.37%20,3673.78%1,2161.58%5080.02%7−32.13%−10,32532,140
Dakota 50.26%99,09044.70%88,1413.43%6,7581.52%2,9920.09%1875.55%10,949197,168
Dodge 31.12%2,88464.64%5,9912.51%2331.68%1560.04%4−33.52%−3,1079,268
Douglas 29.09%5,64267.18%13,0302.65%5141.05%2040.04%7−38.09%−7,38819,397
Faribault 28.61%1,70066.87%3,9742.98%1771.50%890.05%3−38.26%−2,2745,943
Fillmore 35.11%3,28560.07%5,6213.14%2941.60%1500.07%7−24.97%−2,3369,357
Freeborn 36.31%4,64358.27%7,4513.70%4731.70%2170.02%3−21.96%−2,80812,787
Goodhue 37.94%8,61057.27%12,9953.03%6881.73%3920.03%7−19.32%−4,38522,692
Grant 33.81%98360.68%1,7643.72%1081.69%490.10%3−26.87%−7812,907
Hennepin 64.66%363,20430.27%170,0333.28%18,4361.73%9,7190.06%33134.39%193,171561,723
Houston 38.46%3,33357.02%4,9413.28%2841.23%1070.01%1−18.56%−1,6088,666
Hubbard 32.00%3,37363.44%6,6862.90%3061.60%1690.05%5−31.44%−3,31310,539
Isanti 27.21%5,04065.49%12,1294.70%8712.53%4690.06%11−38.28%−7,08918,520
Itasca 39.25%8,25255.08%11,5803.85%8101.77%3720.04%9−15.83%−3,32821,023
Jackson 27.22%1,22668.18%3,0712.84%1281.73%780.02%1−40.96%−1,8454,504
Kanabec 28.03%1,96265.19%4,5634.33%3032.41%1690.04%3−37.16%−2,6017,000
Kandiyohi 31.62%5,69263.89%11,5003.07%5521.40%2520.02%4−32.27%−5,80818,000
Kittson 34.17%64059.26%1,1104.54%852.03%380.00%0−25.09%−4701,873
Koochiching 36.07%1,86658.30%3,0163.65%1891.95%1010.02%1−22.23%−1,1505,173
Lac qui Parle 33.38%1,04063.09%1,9662.28%711.16%360.10%3−29.72%−9263,116
Lake 48.51%2,72745.95%2,5833.38%1902.10%1180.05%32.56%1445,621
Lake of the Woods 24.79%44372.08%1,2882.24%400.84%150.06%1−47.29%−8451,787
Le Sueur 30.67%3,97963.64%8,2563.89%5051.77%2290.03%4−32.97%−4,27712,973
Lincoln 28.35%68367.29%1,6212.70%651.62%390.04%1−38.94%−9382,409
Lyon 30.78%2,98664.73%6,2803.15%3061.30%1260.04%4−33.95%−3,2949,702
Mahnomen 37.77%61355.95%9084.50%731.66%270.12%2−18.18%−2951,623
Marshall 24.37%96971.66%2,8502.59%1031.31%520.08%3−47.30%−1,8813,977
Martin 25.81%2,13469.25%5,7263.62%2991.31%1080.01%1−43.44%−3,5928,268
McLeod 27.02%4,37167.59%10,9343.54%5731.82%2940.02%4−40.57%−6,56316,176
Meeker 26.81%2,86168.13%7,2703.29%3511.70%1810.07%7−41.32%−4,40910,670
Mille Lacs 27.34%2,98966.32%7,2514.29%4692.01%2200.05%5−38.98%−4,26210,934
Morrison 21.02%3,20574.89%11,4212.74%4181.34%2050.01%2−53.87%−8,21615,251
Mower 42.07%5,85551.81%7,2104.38%6091.69%2350.05%7−9.74%−1,35513,916
Murray 26.49%1,02070.01%2,6962.60%1000.86%330.05%2−43.52%−1,6763,851
Nicollet 46.47%6,98448.64%7,3103.24%4871.60%2400.06%9−2.17%−32615,030
Nobles 28.44%1,70267.03%4,0113.09%1851.40%840.03%2−38.59%−2,3095,984
Norman 37.16%90657.18%1,3943.81%931.68%410.16%4−20.02%−4882,438
Olmsted 50.46%33,80046.03%30,8352.22%1,4861.27%8520.02%114.43%2,96566,984
Otter Tail 29.47%8,29666.14%18,6162.95%8291.41%3970.03%8−36.67%−10,32028,146
Pennington 31.56%1,69962.11%3,3444.42%2381.89%1020.02%1−30.55%−1,6455,384
Pine 30.87%3,76762.51%7,6294.64%5661.92%2340.07%8−31.65%−3,86212,204
Pipestone 22.14%82974.39%2,7862.38%891.07%400.03%1−52.26%−1,9573,745
Polk 30.22%3,25365.34%7,0333.08%3321.32%1420.04%4−35.12%−3,78010,764
Pope 32.16%1,80463.68%3,5722.78%1561.28%720.09%5−31.52%−1,7685,609
Ramsey 65.44%138,67627.39%58,0354.47%9,4722.63%5,5690.07%14938.06%80,641211,901
Red Lake 29.68%46364.87%1,0124.04%631.35%210.06%1−35.19%−5491,560
Redwood 23.46%1,48972.08%4,5743.12%1981.31%830.03%2−48.61%−3,0856,346
Renville 26.57%1,65067.75%4,2083.96%2461.67%1040.05%3−41.18%−2,5586,211
Rice 46.65%13,04048.33%13,5103.23%9031.76%4920.03%7−1.68%−47027,952
Rock 26.18%1,06870.21%2,8642.13%871.45%590.02%1−44.03%−1,7964,079
Roseau 22.89%1,46773.11%4,6852.82%1811.17%750.00%0−50.22%−3,2186,408
Scott 39.90%26,57955.09%36,6983.55%2,3621.43%9500.03%21−15.19%−10,11966,610
Sherburne 29.34%12,01064.94%26,5823.82%1,5621.88%7700.03%12−35.60%−14,57240,936
Sibley 24.72%1,60870.40%4,5803.27%2131.58%1030.03%2−45.68%−2,9726,506
St. Louis 53.70%49,01039.79%36,3164.02%3,6652.43%2,2210.07%6213.91%12,69491,274
Stearns 33.19%21,28461.65%39,5333.33%2,1361.74%1,1170.08%53−28.46%−18,24964,123
Steele 34.55%5,61060.23%9,7813.37%5481.82%2960.02%4−25.69%−4,17116,239
Stevens 33.67%1,34362.75%2,5032.21%881.35%540.03%1−29.08%−1,1603,989
Swift 33.59%1,30261.95%2,4013.22%1251.19%460.05%2−28.35%−1,0993,876
Todd 22.93%2,45772.00%7,7153.42%3661.59%1700.07%7−49.07%−5,25810,715
Traverse 29.36%44664.91%9863.95%601.71%260.07%1−35.55%−5401,519
Wabasha 32.53%3,44062.54%6,6133.22%3411.66%1760.04%4−30.01%−3,17310,574
Wadena 24.09%1,42671.53%4,2343.04%1801.33%790.00%0−47.44%−2,8085,919
Waseca 30.12%2,48464.29%5,3023.82%3151.72%1420.05%4−34.17%−2,8188,247
Washington 48.45%62,08546.65%59,7723.08%3,9441.77%2,2670.05%641.81%2,313128,132
Watonwan 32.95%1,25262.29%2,3673.00%1141.66%630.11%4−29.34%−1,1153,800
Wilkin 26.88%68568.41%1,7433.30%841.26%320.16%4−41.52%−1,0582,548
Winona 45.00%9,09050.50%10,2013.06%6181.39%2800.05%10−5.50%−1,11120,199
Wright 30.38%19,62463.64%41,1143.83%2,4722.11%1,3650.04%29−33.26%−21,49064,604
Yellow Medicine 27.50%1,18967.85%2,9333.28%1421.34%580.02%1−40.34%−1,7444,323
Totals47.47%1,168,18547.13%1,159,7503.55%87,3861.80%44,2700.05%1,3410.34%8,4352,460,932

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Wilson won 5 of 8 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. [27]

DistrictBlahaWilsonRepresentative
1st 40%55% Brad Finstad
2nd 47%48% Angie Craig
3rd 53%42% Dean Phillips
4th 61%32% Betty McCollum
5th 76%18% Ilhan Omar
6th 35%59% Tom Emmer
7th 29%66% Michelle Fischbach
8th 40%54% Pete Stauber

Aftermath

On November 9, the day after the election, Blaha claimed victory in Minnesota's closest race of the year. She released a statement, reading in part: "Our victory is a message that Minnesotans want their auditor to continue to focus on local government, to ultimately protect our freedom to make decisions in our own communities." [28]

Ryan Wilson conceded the same day, saying that he planned to return to practicing law and fundraising for a baseball stadium at Hamel in Medina. [28]

The 8,435-vote margin was slightly above the threshold for an automatic recount.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Other" polled at 3% with no candidate name given
  3. ↑ Davis (LMN) with 3.8%, and Finn (GLC) with 2.2%
  4. ↑ Davis (LMN) with 3.3%, and Finn (GLC) with 2.8%
  5. ↑ "Not sure" with 11.9%, and "would not vote" with 1.8%
  6. ↑ Davis (LMN) with 4.8%, and Finn (GLC) with 0.9%

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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2024. All seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives will be up for election as well as several judicial seats, Minnesota's 10 presidential electors, a United States Senate seat, Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, one seat of the Minnesota Senate, and several positions for local offices.

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  5. ↑ "Chapter 6., 2022 Minnesota Statutes". Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ Bierschbach, Briana (October 31, 2018). "In low-key state auditor's race, candidates struggle for attention". MPR News. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Callaghan, Peter (September 15, 2022). "Wait? There's a 'real issue' in the state auditor's race?". MinnPost. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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  13. ↑ "DFL Party Endorses Julie Blaha for State Auditor". Minnesota DFL. May 20, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
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  15. ↑ Orrick, Dave (May 13, 2022). "MN Republicans endorse Ryan Wilson for state auditor". Pioneer Press. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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  21. ↑ "U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against 47 Defendants in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme". U.S. Department of Justice. September 20, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
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  23. ↑ "Ryan Wilson Continues to Misrepresent Office of the State Auditor, Misleading Voters" (PDF). Blaha for State Auditor. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
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  26. ↑ "2022 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Minnesota Secretary of State.
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  28. 1 2 Olson, Rochelle (November 9, 2022). "State Auditor Blaha declares victory, Wilson concedes in closest statewide matchup". Star Tribune. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by KSTP-TV
  2. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Alpha News
  3. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Alpha News
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