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The 2018 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the
state auditor of the
U.S. state of
Minnesota .
Julie Blaha , the
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) endorsed candidate, won the election.
Background
DFL incumbent
Rebecca Otto was first elected in
2006 , defeating one-term Republican incumbent
Pat Anderson . Otto was re-elected in
2010 and
2014 . On January 9, 2017, Otto announced she would seek election to be
governor and would not seek re-election to be state auditor.
[1]
Candidates
Republican Party of Minnesota
Myhra was unanimously endorsed by the Republicans on June 2, 2018, at their state convention.
[3]
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Blaha was endorsed by the DFL over Jon Tollefson on June 3, 2018, at their state convention.
[5] Tollefson filed for office, but later withdrew.
[6]
Withdrawn
Minor parties and independents
Results
See also
References
^ Coolican, J. Patrick (January 9, 2017).
"State Auditor Rebecca Otto enters 2018 race for governor" .
Star Tribune . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^ Van Berkel, Jessie (January 9, 2018).
"Pam Myhra, former state lawmaker, is first Republican in Minnesota state auditor's race" .
Star Tribune . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^ Van Berkel, Jessie; Rao, Maya (June 2, 2018).
"DFL endorses Pelikan for AG after Swanson drops bid for party nod" .
Star Tribune . Retrieved June 2, 2018 .
^ Golden, Erin (December 11, 2017).
"Third DFLer joins race for Minnesota state auditor" .
Star Tribune . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^ Van Berkel, Jessie (June 4, 2018).
"Outspoken legislator Erin Maye Quade endorsed as Erin Murphy's running mate in governor's race" .
Star Tribune . Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
^
a
b Bakst, Brian (June 7, 2018).
"Second thoughts? Some MN candidates withdraw after sign-up storm" .
Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved June 7, 2018 .
^ Pugmire, Tim (October 3, 2017).
"Race for state auditor gets another DFL candidate" .
Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^ Bierschbach, Briana; Brodey, Sam; Nehil, Tom.
"Minnesota Election 2018: Who's running" .
MinnPost . Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
^ Pugmire, Tim (June 22, 2017).
"Tollefson enters race for state auditor" .
Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^
a
b
"Candidate Filings" .
Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
^
"Statewide Results for State Auditor" .
Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
External links
Official Minnesota State Auditor candidate websites