Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor Launches Re-Election Campaign

HARRISBURG: Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor announced the launch of his re-election campaign. Elected in 2020, DeFoor was the first African American to win statewide office in Pennsylvania. Tim has prioritized making the office more efficient and audits more impactful. DeFoor released the following statement:

"As Auditor General, I have delivered on my promise to do the job as intended, free of political and partisan influence. "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 Republican Auditor General does one thing while the Democrat Auditor General does another; it simply states the Auditor General shall audit the debtors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Tim DeFoor was elected Pennsylvania Auditor General in 2020. A native of Dauphin County, Tim has over thirty years of experience as a Special Investigator with Pennsylvania's Office of Inspector General, as a Special Agent with Pennsylvania's Attorney General and in the private sector and federal government as a Fraud Investigator, Auditor, Internal Auditor, Audit Quality Manager. Before assuming the office of Pennsylvania Auditor General, Tim served as Dauphin County Controller from 2016 to 2020.

Under Tim's leadership, the Auditor General's office has focused on transforming the office in various ways, which include: how the Department recruits and retains employees; how it audits, making the work more efficient and effective for the taxpayers; and how it is building the next generation, focusing on the need for financial literacy education to be taught across the entire Commonwealth through the 'Be Money Smart' initiative. Tim has transformed and improved how the Auditor General's office conducts public and charter school audits to ensure that administrators and school boards are accountable and transparent with taxpayer dollars.

DeFoor is a lifelong Dauphin County resident and a Susquehanna Township High School graduate. DeFoor holds an associate degree in paralegal studies from Harrisburg Area Community College. He also graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in psychology and earned a second bachelor's degree in sociology and history. DeFoor earned a master's in project management from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.