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- From left: Doug Hoffer, H. Brooke Paige
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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.
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