The state auditor is charged with making sure state government is spending our tax dollars effectively. Doug Hoffer, the current auditor — first elected in 2012 — is running for reelection.
Doug Hoffer
Age: 73
Town of residence: Burlington
Occupation: State auditor, previously had a 24-year career as a public policy analyst
Political party: Democrat/Progressive
Website: none, contact drhoffer@comcast.net
What areas of policy and state spending deserve scrutiny in the coming years?
Health care. State IT spending. Economic development. Lake cleanup. Climate. Broadband.
H. Brooke Paige
Age: 71
Town of residence: Washington
Occupation: Retired sales executive and retail CEO
Political party: Republican
Website: None, contact donnap@sover.net
What areas of policy and state spending deserve scrutiny in the coming years?
The Auditor of Accounts Office has become more of a political operation and less an office that reviews the state’s “books” and promotes good business practices, as well as rooting out errors, waste, corruption, fraud. I would return it to its intended “job” to save the taxpayers from unnecessary expenditures.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Candidates for Auditor”
This article appears in Seven Days Voters’ Guide 2024.
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