The state auditor is an elected post chosen in partisan elections. It is elected in the same cycle as the other constitutional officers of the
U.S. state of
Alabama, including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state treasurer, and secretary of state. State law prohibits any individual from being elected to more than two consecutive terms. Women have traditionally held the office for most of the past sixty years. Nine women have held the post starting with the election of
Agnes Baggett in 1954. The current state auditor is
Andrew Sorrell, who took office on January 16, 2023. He was previously a
Republican member of the
Alabama House of Representatives from the 3rd district. His predecessor as auditor was
Jim Zeigler, a fellow Republican who held the office from 2015 to 2023. He was constitutionally ineligible to seek a third term and unsuccessfully ran for
Secretary of State of Alabama instead. Sorrell won the Republican primary and general election to succeed Zeigler in 2022. Listed below are the state auditors for the past several terms: •
Andrew Sorrell (R) (2023–present) •
Jim Zeigler (R) (2015–2023) •
Samantha Shaw (R) (2007–2015) •
Beth Chapman (R) (2003–2007) •
Susan Parker (D) (1999–2003) •
Pat Duncan (R) (1995–1999) •
Terry Ellis (D) (1991–1995) •
Jan Cook (D) (1983–1991) •
Bettye Frink (D) (1975–1983) •
Melba Till Allen (D) (1967–1975) • Bettye Frink (D) (1963–1967) •
Mary Texas Hurt Garner (D) (1959–1963) •
Agnes Baggett (D) (1955–1959) ==2006 State Auditor of Alabama election==