2022 Alabama State Auditor election

For related races, see 2022 United States state auditor elections.

2022 Alabama State Auditor election
November 8, 2022
 
Nominee Andrew Sorrell Leigh LaChine
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 947,266 166,760
Percentage 85.03% 14.97%
Sorrell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Auditor before election

Jim Zeigler
Republican

Elected Auditor

Andrew Sorrell
Republican

The 2022 Alabama State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the State Auditor of the state of Alabama. Primary elections were held on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21 if no candidate managed to receive a majority of the vote.

Incumbent Republican Auditor Jim Zeigler could not run for a third term due to being term-limited and instead chose to run for Secretary of State.[1] State representative Andrew Sorrell won the general election against Libertarian nominee Leigh LaChine; no Democrats filed to run for this position.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated

First round

Endorsements

Stan Cooke
PACS
Andrew Sorrell
Organizations
  • Alabama Republican Assembly[7]

Results

Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Sorrell 211,773 39.46%
Republican Stan Cooke 175,970 32.79%
Republican Rusty Glover 148,872 27.74%
Total votes 536,615 100%

Runoff

Debate

Candidates Cooke and Sorrell squared off in a debate at the Gardendale Civic Center just more than a week ahead of the Republican primary runoff on June 13, 2022. The debate was cosponsored by WYDE-FM and 1819 News.[9]

2022 Alabama State Auditor Republican Primary Runoff Debate
No. Date Location Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee E  Eliminated   W  Withdrawn
Cooke Glover Sorrell
1 June 13, 2022 Gardendale WYDE-FM Becky Garretson
Ray Melick 		Facebook P E P

Results

Republican primary runoff results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Sorrell 205,006 57.45%
Republican Stan Cooke 151,815 42.55%
Total votes 356,821 100%

Libertarian convention

No primary was held for the Libertarian Party, and the party instead nominated candidates.[11]

Nominee

  • Leigh LaChine, environmental consultant.[12]

General election

2022 Alabama State Auditor election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Sorrell 947,266 85.03%
Libertarian Leigh LaChine 166,760 14.97%
Total votes 1,114,026 100%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ Hester, Zach (January 27, 2022). "Zeigler announces run for Alabama Secretary of State". WHNT. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  2. ^ "AP projects Andrew Sorrell to win Alabama auditor's race". WSFA. November 9, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c Lyman, Brian (May 25, 2022). "Republican races for Alabama secretary of state, state auditor headed to runoffs". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  4. ^ Moseley, Brandon (June 2, 2022). "'The position is under attack': Andrew Sorrell makes runoff for State Auditor". 1819 News. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  5. ^ Moseley, Brandon (June 2, 2022). "Stan Cooke is in the GOP Runoff for State Auditor". 1819 News. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  6. ^ Smith, Dylan (June 8, 2022). "Alabama Farmers Federation endorses Stan Cooke for state auditor". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  7. ^ Wallace, Don (June 11, 2022). "The Alabama Republican Assembly is proud to announce our endorsements for the June 21 Run-off elections". Facebook. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  8. ^ "AL Republican Party 2022 Primary Results Official". sos.alabama.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. June 1, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  9. ^ Moseley, Brandon (June 15, 2022). "Auditor candidates debate in Gardendale". 1819 News. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  10. ^ "2022 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION STATEWIDE RESULTS". sos.alabama.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. June 23, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  11. ^ Moseley, Brandon (May 24, 2022). "Libertarians Gain Ballot Access". 1819 News. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  12. ^ "Leigh LaChine, State Auditor". Birmingham Watch. November 4, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  13. ^ "AP projects Andrew Sorrell to win Alabama auditor's race". WSFA. November 9, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

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