2022 Minnesota State Auditor election
November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
 
Nominee Julie Blaha Ryan Wilson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote 1,168,185 1,159,750
Percentage 47.5% 47.1%
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.

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 source Date(s)

administered

 Sample

size[lower-alpha 1]

 Margin

of error

 Julie
Blaha (DFL)		 Ryan
Wilson (R)		 Others Undecided
SurveyUSA[upper-alpha 1] Oct. 26 – 30, 2022 836 (LV) ± 3.9% 39% 44% 3%[lower-alpha 2] 14%
Trafalgar Group (R)[upper-alpha 2] Oct. 17 – 19, 2022 1,091 (LV) ± 2.9% 40.4% 44.1% 6.0%[lower-alpha 3] 9.5%
Embold Research Oct. 10 – 14, 2022 1,585 (LV) ± 2.6% 40.4% 39.8% 6.1%[lower-alpha 4] 13.7%[lower-alpha 5]
SurveyUSA Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022 604 (LV) ± 4.4% 41% 38% 3% 18%
Trafalgar Group (R)[upper-alpha 3] Sep. 14, 2022 1,079 (LV) ± 2.9% 41.2% 42.3% 5.7%[lower-alpha 6] 10.8%
SurveyUSA Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022 562 (LV) ± 4.9% 38% 37% 3% 23%

Results

2022 Minnesota State Auditor election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Julie Blaha (incumbent) 1,168,185 47.47% -1.88%
Republican Ryan Wilson 1,159,750 47.13% +3.90%
Legal Marijuana Now Tim Davis 87,386 3.55% -1.73%
Grassroots—LC Will Finn 44,270 1.80% N/A
Write-in 1,341 0.05% +0.01%
Total votes 2,460,932 100.0%
Democratic (DFL) hold

Results by county

County Julie Blaha
DFL		 Ryan Wilson
GOP		 Tim Davis
LMN		 Will Finn
GLC		 Write-in Margin Total votes
% # % # % # % # % # % #
Aitkin 32.31% 2,685 62.93% 5,229 3.26% 271 1.48% 123 0.01% 1 -30.62% -2,544 8,309
Anoka 42.15% 64,825 51.21% 78,758 4.64% 7,133 1.94% 2,988 0.05% 80 -9.06% -13,933 153,784
Becker 30.41% 4,435 64.80% 9,450 3.28% 479 1.47% 215 0.03% 5 -34.39% -5,015 14,584
Beltrami 40.95% 7,306 52.92% 9,442 4.02% 717 2.09% 372 0.02% 4 -11.97% -2,136 17,841
Benton 28.89% 4,652 65.09% 10,480 3.97% 640 1.99% 321 0.06% 9 -36.19% -5,828 16,102
Big Stone 33.07% 792 62.13% 1,488 3.59% 86 1.13% 27 0.08% 2 -29.06% -696 2,395
Blue Earth 46.81% 12,192 47.54% 12,382 3.97% 1,034 1.67% 434 0.02% 5 -0.73% -190 26,047
Brown 28.81% 3,306 66.97% 7,686 2.77% 318 1.39% 159 0.06% 7 -38.17% -4,380 11,476
Carlton 46.01% 7,188 47.55% 7,429 4.08% 637 2.25% 352 0.10% 16 -1.54% -241 15,622
Carver 40.25% 21,247 55.00% 29,036 3.06% 1,614 1.66% 876 0.03% 18 -14.75% -7,789 52,791
Cass 29.85% 4,492 65.11% 9,799 2.94% 443 2.07% 311 0.04% 6 -35.26% -5,307 15,051
Chippewa 31.10% 1,521 64.44% 3,152 3.13% 153 1.29% 63 0.04% 2 -33.35% -1,631 4,891
Chisago 31.83% 8,114 61.67% 15,720 4.45% 1,134 2.00% 510 0.04% 11 -29.84% -7,606 25,489
Clay 47.58% 10,204 46.60% 9,995 3.95% 848 1.75% 376 0.12% 25 0.97% 209 21,448
Clearwater 23.59% 829 71.97% 2,529 3.02% 106 1.42% 50 0.00% 0 -48.38% -1,700 3,514
Cook 64.10% 2,048 31.77% 1,015 2.47% 79 1.63% 52 0.03% 1 32.33% 1,033 3,195
Cottonwood 26.09% 1,190 68.95% 3,145 3.31% 151 1.53% 70 0.11% 5 -42.86% -1,955 4,561
Crow Wing 31.24% 10,042 63.37% 20,367 3.78% 1,216 1.58% 508 0.02% 7 -32.13% -10,325 32,140
Dakota 50.26% 99,090 44.70% 88,141 3.43% 6,758 1.52% 2,992 0.09% 187 5.55% 10,949 197,168
Dodge 31.12% 2,884 64.64% 5,991 2.51% 233 1.68% 156 0.04% 4 -33.52% -3,107 9,268
Douglas 29.09% 5,642 67.18% 13,030 2.65% 514 1.05% 204 0.04% 7 -38.09% -7,388 19,397
Faribault 28.61% 1,700 66.87% 3,974 2.98% 177 1.50% 89 0.05% 3 -38.26% -2,274 5,943
Fillmore 35.11% 3,285 60.07% 5,621 3.14% 294 1.60% 150 0.07% 7 -24.97% -2,336 9,357
Freeborn 36.31% 4,643 58.27% 7,451 3.70% 473 1.70% 217 0.02% 3 -21.96% -2,808 12,787
Goodhue 37.94% 8,610 57.27% 12,995 3.03% 688 1.73% 392 0.03% 7 -19.32% -4,385 22,692
Grant 33.81% 983 60.68% 1,764 3.72% 108 1.69% 49 0.10% 3 -26.87% -781 2,907
Hennepin 64.66% 363,204 30.27% 170,033 3.28% 18,436 1.73% 9,719 0.06% 331 34.39% 193,171 561,723
Houston 38.46% 3,333 57.02% 4,941 3.28% 284 1.23% 107 0.01% 1 -18.56% -1,608 8,666
Hubbard 32.00% 3,373 63.44% 6,686 2.90% 306 1.60% 169 0.05% 5 -31.44% -3,313 10,539
Isanti 27.21% 5,040 65.49% 12,129 4.70% 871 2.53% 469 0.06% 11 -38.28% -7,089 18,520
Itasca 39.25% 8,252 55.08% 11,580 3.85% 810 1.77% 372 0.04% 9 -15.83% -3,328 21,023
Jackson 27.22% 1,226 68.18% 3,071 2.84% 128 1.73% 78 0.02% 1 -40.96% -1,845 4,504
Kanabec 28.03% 1,962 65.19% 4,563 4.33% 303 2.41% 169 0.04% 3 -37.16% -2,601 7,000
Kandiyohi 31.62% 5,692 63.89% 11,500 3.07% 552 1.40% 252 0.02% 4 -32.27% -5,808 18,000
Kittson 34.17% 640 59.26% 1,110 4.54% 85 2.03% 38 0.00% 0 -25.09% -470 1,873
Koochiching 36.07% 1,866 58.30% 3,016 3.65% 189 1.95% 101 0.02% 1 -22.23% -1,150 5,173
Lac qui Parle 33.38% 1,040 63.09% 1,966 2.28% 71 1.16% 36 0.10% 3 -29.72% -926 3,116
Lake 48.51% 2,727 45.95% 2,583 3.38% 190 2.10% 118 0.05% 3 2.56% 144 5,621
Lake of the Woods 24.79% 443 72.08% 1,288 2.24% 40 0.84% 15 0.06% 1 -47.29% -845 1,787
Le Sueur 30.67% 3,979 63.64% 8,256 3.89% 505 1.77% 229 0.03% 4 -32.97% -4,277 12,973
Lincoln 28.35% 683 67.29% 1,621 2.70% 65 1.62% 39 0.04% 1 -38.94% -938 2,409
Lyon 30.78% 2,986 64.73% 6,280 3.15% 306 1.30% 126 0.04% 4 -33.95% -3,294 9,702
Mahnomen 37.77% 613 55.95% 908 4.50% 73 1.66% 27 0.12% 2 -18.18% -295 1,623
Marshall 24.37% 969 71.66% 2,850 2.59% 103 1.31% 52 0.08% 3 -47.30% -1,881 3,977
Martin 25.81% 2,134 69.25% 5,726 3.62% 299 1.31% 108 0.01% 1 -43.44% -3,592 8,268
McLeod 27.02% 4,371 67.59% 10,934 3.54% 573 1.82% 294 0.02% 4 -40.57% -6,563 16,176
Meeker 26.81% 2,861 68.13% 7,270 3.29% 351 1.70% 181 0.07% 7 -41.32% -4,409 10,670
Mille Lacs 27.34% 2,989 66.32% 7,251 4.29% 469 2.01% 220 0.05% 5 -38.98% -4,262 10,934
Morrison 21.02% 3,205 74.89% 11,421 2.74% 418 1.34% 205 0.01% 2 -53.87% -8,216 15,251
Mower 42.07% 5,855 51.81% 7,210 4.38% 609 1.69% 235 0.05% 7 -9.74% -1,355 13,916
Murray 26.49% 1,020 70.01% 2,696 2.60% 100 0.86% 33 0.05% 2 -43.52% -1,676 3,851
Nicollet 46.47% 6,984 48.64% 7,310 3.24% 487 1.60% 240 0.06% 9 -2.17% -326 15,030
Nobles 28.44% 1,702 67.03% 4,011 3.09% 185 1.40% 84 0.03% 2 -38.59% -2,309 5,984
Norman 37.16% 906 57.18% 1,394 3.81% 93 1.68% 41 0.16% 4 -20.02% -488 2,438
Olmsted 50.46% 33,800 46.03% 30,835 2.22% 1,486 1.27% 852 0.02% 11 4.43% 2,965 66,984
Otter Tail 29.47% 8,296 66.14% 18,616 2.95% 829 1.41% 397 0.03% 8 -36.67% -10,320 28,146
Pennington 31.56% 1,699 62.11% 3,344 4.42% 238 1.89% 102 0.02% 1 -30.55% -1,645 5,384
Pine 30.87% 3,767 62.51% 7,629 4.64% 566 1.92% 234 0.07% 8 -31.65% -3,862 12,204
Pipestone 22.14% 829 74.39% 2,786 2.38% 89 1.07% 40 0.03% 1 -52.26% -1,957 3,745
Polk 30.22% 3,253 65.34% 7,033 3.08% 332 1.32% 142 0.04% 4 -35.12% -3,780 10,764
Pope 32.16% 1,804 63.68% 3,572 2.78% 156 1.28% 72 0.09% 5 -31.52% -1,768 5,609
Ramsey 65.44% 138,676 27.39% 58,035 4.47% 9,472 2.63% 5,569 0.07% 149 38.06% 80,641 211,901
Red Lake 29.68% 463 64.87% 1,012 4.04% 63 1.35% 21 0.06% 1 -35.19% -549 1,560
Redwood 23.46% 1,489 72.08% 4,574 3.12% 198 1.31% 83 0.03% 2 -48.61% -3,085 6,346
Renville 26.57% 1,650 67.75% 4,208 3.96% 246 1.67% 104 0.05% 3 -41.18% -2,558 6,211
Rice 46.65% 13,040 48.33% 13,510 3.23% 903 1.76% 492 0.03% 7 -1.68% -470 27,952
Rock 26.18% 1,068 70.21% 2,864 2.13% 87 1.45% 59 0.02% 1 -44.03% -1,796 4,079
Roseau 22.89% 1,467 73.11% 4,685 2.82% 181 1.17% 75 0.00% 0 -50.22% -3,218 6,408
Scott 39.90% 26,579 55.09% 36,698 3.55% 2,362 1.43% 950 0.03% 21 -15.19% -10,119 66,610
Sherburne 29.34% 12,010 64.94% 26,582 3.82% 1,562 1.88% 770 0.03% 12 -35.60% -14,572 40,936
Sibley 24.72% 1,608 70.40% 4,580 3.27% 213 1.58% 103 0.03% 2 -45.68% -2,972 6,506
St. Louis 53.70% 49,010 39.79% 36,316 4.02% 3,665 2.43% 2,221 0.07% 62 13.91% 12,694 91,274
Stearns 33.19% 21,284 61.65% 39,533 3.33% 2,136 1.74% 1,117 0.08% 53 -28.46% -18,249 64,123
Steele 34.55% 5,610 60.23% 9,781 3.37% 548 1.82% 296 0.02% 4 -25.69% -4,171 16,239
Stevens 33.67% 1,343 62.75% 2,503 2.21% 88 1.35% 54 0.03% 1 -29.08% -1,160 3,989
Swift 33.59% 1,302 61.95% 2,401 3.22% 125 1.19% 46 0.05% 2 -28.35% -1,099 3,876
Todd 22.93% 2,457 72.00% 7,715 3.42% 366 1.59% 170 0.07% 7 -49.07% -5,258 10,715
Traverse 29.36% 446 64.91% 986 3.95% 60 1.71% 26 0.07% 1 -35.55% -540 1,519
Wabasha 32.53% 3,440 62.54% 6,613 3.22% 341 1.66% 176 0.04% 4 -30.01% -3,173 10,574
Wadena 24.09% 1,426 71.53% 4,234 3.04% 180 1.33% 79 0.00% 0 -47.44% -2,808 5,919
Waseca 30.12% 2,484 64.29% 5,302 3.82% 315 1.72% 142 0.05% 4 -34.17% -2,818 8,247
Washington 48.45% 62,085 46.65% 59,772 3.08% 3,944 1.77% 2,267 0.05% 64 1.81% 2,313 128,132
Watonwan 32.95% 1,252 62.29% 2,367 3.00% 114 1.66% 63 0.11% 4 -29.34% -1,115 3,800
Wilkin 26.88% 685 68.41% 1,743 3.30% 84 1.26% 32 0.16% 4 -41.52% -1,058 2,548
Winona 45.00% 9,090 50.50% 10,201 3.06% 618 1.39% 280 0.05% 10 -5.50% -1,111 20,199
Wright 30.38% 19,624 63.64% 41,114 3.83% 2,472 2.11% 1,365 0.04% 29 -33.26% -21,490 64,604
Yellow Medicine 27.50% 1,189 67.85% 2,933 3.28% 142 1.34% 58 0.02% 1 -40.34% -1,744 4,323
Totals 47.47% 1,168,185 47.13% 1,159,750 3.55% 87,386 1.80% 44,270 0.05% 1,341 0.34% 8,435 2,460,932

By congressional district

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

District Blaha Wilson Representative
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%

References

  1. ↑ "Candidate Filings". candidates.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Historical Election Archive". Minnesota Historical Election Archive. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Office of the State Auditor 2020-21 Biennial Budget Request" (PDF). Minnesota Management and Budget. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2021 Financial and Compliance Report on Federally Assisted Programs" (PDF). Minnesota Office of the State Auditor. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  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.
  8. ↑ Bierschbach, Briana (August 14, 2021). "Julie Blaha brings 'fresh attitude' to building back State Auditor's Office". Star Tribune. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ Turtinen, Melissa (April 6, 2022). "Treasurer used city funds to pay bills, fund travel, Minnesota auditor finds". FOX 9. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Lovrien, Jimmy (July 29, 2022). "State auditor: NE Minnesota mayor may not have disclosed all business interests when they went before city". InForum. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ Montemayor, Stephen (July 3, 2021). "Changes to Minnesota's civil asset forfeiture laws pass Legislature". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  12. 1 2 Chhith, Alex (November 16, 2021). "Minnesota State Auditor Julie Blaha announces bid for re-election". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  13. ↑ "DFL Party Endorses Julie Blaha for State Auditor". Minnesota DFL. May 20, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  14. 1 2 Montemayor, Stephen (January 31, 2022). "Two GOP candidates launch bids for Minnesota attorney general, state auditor". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  15. ↑ Orrick, Dave (May 13, 2022). "MN Republicans endorse Ryan Wilson for state auditor". Pioneer Press. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  16. 1 2 Lopez, Ricardo (June 6, 2022). "To counter GOP meddling, some cannabis activists pushed effort to change party name". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ Pugmire, Tim (February 23, 2022). "Legal cannabis parties weigh election year strategy". MPR News. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  18. ↑ "What's on my ballot?". Minnesota Secretary of State Online Voter Tools. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Feeding Our Future, Attorney General Race, Opioid Crisis". Twin Cities PBS. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Feeding Our Future Fallout, Early Voting, Minneapolis Police Chief". Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  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.
  22. ↑ "State Auditor Debate, Campaign News of the Week". Twin Cities PBS. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Ryan Wilson Continues to Misrepresent Office of the State Auditor, Misleading Voters" (PDF). Blaha for State Auditor. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  24. 1 2 Medina, Regina (October 6, 2022). "Voter guide: See Minnesota auditor candidates' stances on key issues". MPR News. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  25. ↑ Mulcahy, Mike (October 21, 2022). "Meet the candidates for Minnesota state auditor". MPR News. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  26. ↑ "2022 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Minnesota Secretary of State.
  27. ↑ "Home - Election Results". electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  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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