Pennsylvania Auditor General Primary 2024
By Bob Small
The Pennsylvania Auditor General “monitors how public dollars are spent.” This is done by “conducting financial audits” and other reviews.
The primary election Tuesday, April 23, includes two running in the Democrat primary and the Republican incumbent running unopposed.
Republican Incumbent, Tim Defoor, is the first person of color to win a statewide office in Pennsylvania, as a Republican. The first, Austin Davis (Democrat) is the current lieutenant governor.
Defoor, from Dauphin County, is a graduate of Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He has served as Dauphin County controller, a special agent for the State Attorney General, and fraud investigator for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Defoor says that a dozen school districts had raised local taxes, while holding millions of dollars in their general funds.
During his first term he created the first (DEI) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office among many other initiatives.
See also Timothy DeFoor
Malcolm Kenyatta, of Philadelphia, graduated from Drexel and Temple. He represents the 181st District in the Pennsylvania House and is the first openly Gay person of color to serve in the General Assembly. Kenyatta, says “ I’m running for Auditor General because it’s time for the underdog to be a watchdog for Pennsylvania’s working families. “
He says that “I will stand up for our workers by creating the first ever Bureau of Labor and Worker Protections and use the power of the office to take on wage theft, employee misclassification, and union busting. “
(Ed note: Will stopping union busting apply to Delaware County’s George Hill Prison?)
He has been chosen for the Bertelsmann Leadership Fellow in the Digital Economy, the bipartisan Hunt/Kean Leadership Fellow in Education, and American Jewish Committee (AJC) Project Interchange.
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Mark Pinsley is a graduate of Indiana University and Northeastern University. He is a businessman and a US Army Veteran. He’s currently Lehigh County Controller.
He owns Dermamed Solutions DermaMed Solutions. His goals as Auditor General are included in the following article Jewish Democrat Mark Pinsley Running for Auditor . See also Mark Pinsley For Auditor General
“During his first term he created the first (DEI) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office among many other initiatives.”
Really?? That was a priority?? Extremely disappointing to hear…but I guess I can expect a RINO to play those reindeer games.