Beth Wood

Beth Wood

Auditor of North Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2009
Governor	Bev Perdue Pat McCrory
Preceded by	Les Merritt
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-22) April 22, 1954
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Wayne Community College East Carolina University (BA)

Beth Wood (born April 22, 1954) has served as the North Carolina State Auditor since January 10, 2009. She defeated incumbent Republican State Auditor Les Merritt in the 2008 election. She is North Carolina's first female state auditor.

Wood is a certified public accountant and a former training officer at the Office of the State Auditor. Her 2008 run for State Auditor as a Democrat was her first attempt at any elective office. In her 2012 run for re-election, she was endorsed by the News and Observer, whose editors wrote that Wood "has won respect for her leadership of an office that has not shied from criticizing [state] agencies for instances of mismanagement."^[1] She was re-elected in November 2012 with more than 53 percent of the vote, over Republican Wake County Board of Education member Debra Goldman.

Wood is a graduate of Wayne Community College and East Carolina University.

She was named one of the "most powerful women in accounting" for 2013 by CPA Practice Advisor.^[2]

Electoral history

North Carolina Auditor Democratic Primary Election, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Beth Wood	801,308	64.48
Democratic	Fred Aikens	441,411	35.52

North Carolina Auditor Election, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Beth Wood	2,175,242	53.57
Republican	Leslie Merritt (inc.)	1,885,229	46.43

North Carolina Auditor Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Beth Wood (inc.)	2,299,541	53.71
Republican	Debra Goldman	1,981,539	46.29

References

↑ Our endorsements for Council of State. News & Observer (November 1, 2012)
↑ CPA Practice Advisor. CPA Practice Advisor (November 5, 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-22.

External links

News & Observer profile page
Charlotte Observer endorses Wood
NC Office of the State Auditor (official government site)

Political offices
Preceded by Les Merritt	Auditor of North Carolina 2009–present	Incumbent

Current statewide political officials of North Carolina

U.S. Senators	Richard Burr Thom Tillis

State government	Pat McCrory, Governor Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor Elaine Marshall, Secretary of State Roy Cooper, Attorney General Steve Troxler, Agriculture Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, Insurance Commissioner Cherie Berry, Labor Commissioner June Atkinson, Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Cowell, Treasurer Beth Wood, Auditor

Senate	Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore Harry Brown, Majority Leader Dan Blue, Minority Leader

House	Tim Moore, Speaker Mike Hager, Majority Leader Larry Hall, Minority Leader

Supreme Court (elected)	Mark Martin, Chief Justice Robert Edmunds Paul Martin Newby Robin Hudson Barbara Jackson Cheri Beasley Jimmy Ervin

State Auditors in the United States

Comptroller General of the United States: Eugene Louis Dodaro (D)

AL Jim Zeigler AK Kris Curtis AZ Debra Davenport AR Andrea Lea CA Elaine Howle CO Dianne Ray CT Kevin Lembo DE Thomas Wagner FL David Martin GA Greg Griffin HI Jan Yamane* ID Brandon Woolf IL Leslie Munger IN Suzanne Crouch IA Mary Mosiman KS Scott Frank KY Mike Harmon LA Daryl Purpera ME Pola Buckley MD Thomas Barnickel MA Suzanne Bump MI Doug Ringler MN Rebecca Otto MS Stacey Pickering MO Nicole Galloway MT Monica Lindeen NE Charlie Janssen NV Paul Townsend NH Richard Mahoney NJ Stephen Eells NM Tim Keller NY Thomas DiNapoli NC Beth Wood ND Bob Peterson OH Dave Yost OK Gary Jones OR Gary Blackmer PA Eugene DePasquale RI Dennis Hoyle SC Earle Powell SD Martin Guindon TN Justin Wilson TX John Keel UT John Dougall VT Doug Hoffer VA Martha Mavredes WA Pat McCarthy WV Lisa Hopkins WI Joe Chrisman WY Cynthia Cloud DC Kathleen Patterson

italics indicate no auditor in this state, closest equivalent listed * Acting Auditor

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