2011 Kentucky Auditor election

2011 Kentucky Auditor election
	County results; Edelen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Kemper: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Auditor of Public Accounts before election; Crit Luallen; Democratic	Elected Auditor of Public Accounts ; Adam Edelen; Democratic

The state of Kentucky elected an Auditor of Public Accounts November 8, 2011. Primaries for this election were held on Tuesday May 17, 2011.^[1] In the November 8, 2011 general election, Democrat Adam Edelen was elected to his first term as Auditor.

The auditor checks the financial books of all state agencies, school districts and county governments and performs special investigations.^[2]

Background

Current Auditor of Public Accounts Crit Luallen (D) is ineligible to run due to term limits.

Candidates

Based on the candidate filing report with the office of the Kentucky Secretary of State after the January 25, 2011 filing deadline, the following candidates filed to run for Auditor.^[3]

Republican primary

Nominated

John T. Kemper, Lexington area small residential builder/developer^[4]

Eliminated in primary

Addia Wuchner, state representative from Hebron in Boone County^[5]

Republican primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John T. Kemper	70,876	57.28%
	Republican	Addia Wuchner	52,869	42.72%
Total votes			123,745	100.0%

Democrats

Adam Edelen, former chief of staff to Governor Steve Beshear^[7]^[8]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Adam Edelen (D)	John Kemper III (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	August 25–28, 2011	600	± 4.0%	34%	31%	35%

Results

2011 Kentucky Auditor election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Adam Edelen	440,345	55.75%
	Republican	John T. Kemper	349,366	44.24%
	Write-In	Kim C. Hay	75	0.01%
Total votes			789,786	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

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