Candidate · State Auditor
Chris Cournoyer
What this job does: Checks how state agencies and local governments spend public money and reports problems. Serves a 4-year term.
- Current office
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
- Occupation
- Lieutenant governor; background in technology
- Lives in
- LeClaire
Background
- Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Cournoyer lieutenant governor in December 2024. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- Cournoyer represented Iowa Senate District 35 before that. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- Cournoyer helped lead the 2023 law that cut Iowa's cabinet-level agencies from 37 to 16. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
In their own words
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- Cournoyer says the auditor "will protect their dollars, keep politics out of the office" and "should serve all Iowans — not just one party or one cause." source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- Cournoyer plans to use artificial intelligence in audits and bring in ideas from the governor's DOGE task force. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
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