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The state auditor's office has its origins in the Minnesota Territory, when the territorial governor appointed an auditor to ensure that both territorial and county finances were in good order and handled properly. This function continued with an elected state auditor upon Minnesota's entry into the Union on May 11, 1858, and lasted until a ...
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]
The 1978 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on 7 November 1978 in order to elect the state auditor of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Arne Carlson defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee and incumbent state auditor Robert W. Mattson Jr. and Communist nominee Helen S. Kruth ...
On election day, 8 November 1966, Republican nominee Stafford King won re-election by a margin of 131,341 votes against his opponent Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Robert E. Hansen, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. King was sworn in for his tenth term on 2 January 1967.
Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. Before her election as auditor, Blaha served as secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO, a federation of local trade unions.
The 1986 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on 4 November 1986 in order to elect the State Auditor of Minnesota. Independent Republican nominee and incumbent State Auditor Arne Carlson defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee John Dooley. [1] As of 2025 this is the most recent election of which the incumbent Auditor won a third term.
On election day, 8 November 1994, Independent Republican nominee Judi Dutcher won the election by a margin of 67,996 votes against her opponent Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Donald Moe, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. Dutcher was sworn in as the 16th state auditor of Minnesota on 3 January 1995. [2]
Robert W. (Bob) Mattson Jr. (born May 31, 1948) is an American lawyer who held elective political office in Minnesota, and is also involved in various business ventures in Florida, Colorado and Canada. He served one term as Minnesota State Auditor from 1975 to 1979, and was Minnesota State Treasurer from 1983 to 1987.