2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election
November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
Turnout51.4% 8.75%[1]
 
Nominee Diana DiZoglio Anthony Amore
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,310,773 897,223
Percentage 55.1% 37.7%

DiZoglio:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Amore:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
State Auditor before election

Suzanne Bump
Democratic

Elected State Auditor

Diana DiZoglio
Democratic

The 2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022 to elect the Massachusetts State Auditor. The election was held alongside other elections in Massachusetts. Incumbent Auditor Suzanne Bump did not run for re-election. Democratic nominee Diana DiZoglio defeated Republican nominee Anthony Amore in the general election.[2]

Primary elections were held on September 6, 2022. Diana DiZoglio defeated Chris Dempsey in the Democratic primary, while Anthony Amore won the Republican primary unopposed. In addition to the major party primaries, minor parties also nominated candidates. The Green-Rainbow Party nominated Gloria Cabellero-Roca, the Workers Party of Massachusetts nominated Dominic Giannone, and the Libertarian Party nominated Daniel Riek.[3]

Background

The Massachusetts State Auditor is tasked with conducting investigations and audits of government agencies.[4] The Auditor has the authority and responsibility to audit all government agencies and departments within Massachusetts. Most agencies and departments are required to undergo audits every 3 years. The Auditor is expected to follow standards set by the Comptroller General of the United States.[5]

Incumbent three-term State Auditor Suzanne Bump, a Democrat, was eligible to run for re-election. However, on May 25, 2021, she announced that she would not run for a fourth term.[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Chris Dempsey, leader of Transportation for Massachusetts, a non-profit transportation advocacy group[8]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Eileen Duff (withdrawn)

State officials

State legislators

Diana DiZoglio

U.S. representatives

State officials

State legislators

Labor unions

Organizations

Chris Dempsey

State officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Political parties

Debates

Three debates were held for the Democratic primary.

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial general election debates
No. Date Host Moderators Link Democratic Democratic
Key:

 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn

Diana DiZoglio Chris Dempsey
1 Aug. 3, 2022 WBUR-FM
The Boston Globe
WCVB-TV 		Tiziana Dearing YouTube P P
2 Aug. 8, 2022 WGBH-TV Jim Braude YouTube P P
3 Aug. 12, 2022 WBZ-TV Jon Keller CBS P P

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Dempsey 2,148 52.6%
Democratic Diana DiZoglio 1,931 47.3%
Total votes 4,079 100.0%

Primary

Democratic primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DiZoglio 372,597 54.4%
Democratic Christopher Dempsey 311,156 45.4%
Write-in 1,082 0.2%
Total votes 684,835 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Anthony Amore, security professional and private investigator[30]

Endorsements

Anthony Amore

State officials

Results

Republican primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Amore 201,280 99.5%
Write-in 1,130 0.5%
Total votes 202,410 100.0%

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Diana DiZoglio (D)

State officials

Anthony Amore (R)

State officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)

administered

Sample

size[a]

Margin

of error

Diana DiZoglio (D) Anthony Amore (R) Gloria Cabellero-Roca (G-R) Dominic Giannone (W) Daniel Riek (L) Other Undecided
UMass Amherst/WCVB[35] October 20–26, 2022 700 (RV) ± 4.3% 51% 33% 2% 3% 5% 3%[b] 4%
UMass Lowell[36] October 18–25, 2022 1000 (LV) ± 4.1% 44% 29% 4% 2% 2% – 19%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo[37] October 13–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4%[38] 39.8% 25.2% 3.2% 1.2% 5.4% 1%[c] 24.2%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo[39] September 10-13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4%[38] 39.4% 21.0% 3.0% 1.8% 5.4% 1%[c] 28.4%

Debate

Amore challenged DiZoglio to 5 debates held in different parts of Massachusetts.[40] However, only one was held.[41]

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Diana DiZoglio Anthony Amore
1 Oct. 15, 2022 WBZ-TV Jon Keller CBS P P

Results

2022 Massachusetts State Auditor election[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DiZoglio 1,310,773 55.1%
Republican Anthony Amore 897,223 37.7%
Green-Rainbow Gloria A. Caballero-Roca 68,646 2.9%
Workers Party Dominic S. Giannone, III 51,877 2.2%
Libertarian Daniel Werner Riek 48,625 2.0%
Write-in 1,648 0.1%
Total votes 2,378,792 100.0%
Democratic hold

By county

DiZoglio won all but one county.[42]

By congressional district

DiZoglio won all nine congressional districts.[43]

District DiZoglio Amore Representative
1st 49% 42% Richard Neal
2nd 53% 39% Jim McGovern
3rd 55% 39% Lori Trahan
4th 53% 40% Jake Auchincloss
5th 63% 31% Katherine Clark
6th 53% 41% Seth Moulton
7th 74% 17% Ayanna Pressley
8th 55% 38% Stephen Lynch
9th 48% 44% Bill Keating

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Other" with 3%
  3. ^ a b "Refused" with 1%

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