Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor has announced that he plans to run for reelection for the position in 2024.
DeFoor was the first African-American to win statewide office in the Commonwealth, defeating Nina Ahmed by three points.
“As Auditor General, I have delivered on my promise to do the job as intended, free of political and partisan influence,” he said in a statement. “By incorporating the latest technology, we have streamlined the auditing process and focused our work on a risk-based approach.
“But there is more work to accomplish, which is why I am running for re-election for Pennsylvania Auditor General. While my first term has focused on improving and transforming the office, the next four years will be about finishing what we started and ensuring that our work on behalf of the taxpayers is executed to the highest professional auditing standards. I am committed to doing the job of Auditor General in a non-partisan way, something that I do not take lightly.
“Politicizing the office in any way would be doing a disservice to the taxpayers of this great Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Fiscal Code, which enables the Department to do its work, does not state the…
