2018 Minnesota State Auditor election

The 2018 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the state auditor of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Julie Blaha, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed candidate, won the election.

Background

DFL incumbent Rebecca Otto was first elected in 2006, defeating one-term Republican incumbent Pat Anderson. Otto was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. On January 9, 2017, Otto announced she would seek election to be governor and would not seek re-election to be state auditor.

Myhra was unanimously endorsed by the Republicans on June 2, 2018, at their state convention.

Julie Blaha, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL–CIO; former president of Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota; former middle school math teacher

Blaha was endorsed by the DFL over Jon Tollefson on June 3, 2018, at their state convention. Tollefson filed for office, but later withdrew.

Jack Dickinson, small business owner
* Withdrew on February 6, 2018, and endorsed Jon Tollefson.
Jon Tollefson, lobbyist for the Minnesota Nurses Association; candidate for the DFL nomination for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2016; candidate for the DFL nomination for District 44B in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014
* Withdrew on June 7, 2018.

Blaha won four of eight congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Myhra, including one that elected a Democrat.