Controller (state executive office)

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Controller, also known as comptroller, is a state-level position in 19 states. Most controllers and comptrollers share duties similar to state treasurers, exercising varying powers related to budgetary and management matters.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The controller is popularly elected in nine states and appointed by the governor in seven. The controller is appointed by the state legislature in Tennessee, by the state finance director in Alabama, and by the executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration in Colorado.
  • In 2022, controller salaries ranged from $110,000 in Connecticut to $222,252 in Tennessee.

    • Current officeholders

    List of All Current State Controllers in the United States:


    Office Name Party Date assumed office
    Alabama Comptroller Kathleen D. Baxter Nonpartisan August 2, 2017
    Alaska Comptroller Kayla Wisner Nonpartisan October 1, 2019
    California Controller Malia Cohen Democratic January 2, 2023
    Colorado Controller Robert Jaros Nonpartisan May 1, 2013
    Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon Democratic January 4, 2023
    Idaho Controller Brandon Woolf Republican October 15, 2012
    Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza Democratic December 5, 2016
    Indiana Comptroller of State Elise Nieshalla Republican December 1, 2023
    Maryland Comptroller Brooke Elizabeth Lierman Democratic January 16, 2023
    Massachusetts Comptroller of the Commonwealth Bill McNamara Nonpartisan February 21, 2020
    Nevada Controller Andy Matthews Republican January 2, 2023
    New Hampshire State Comptroller Dana Call Nonpartisan 2017
    New Jersey Comptroller Kevin D. Walsh Nonpartisan January 27, 2020
    New Mexico State Controller Mark Melhoff Nonpartisan April 15, 2023
    New York Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Democratic February 7, 2007
    North Carolina State Controller Nels Roseland Nonpartisan July 1, 2022
    South Carolina Comptroller General Brian Gaines Democratic May 12, 2023
    Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower Republican January 13, 2021
    Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar Republican January 1, 2015
    Virginia State Comptroller Lewis McCabe Nonpartisan April 15, 2022



    Method of selection

    The controller is popularly elected in nine states and appointed by the governor in seven. The controller is appointed by the state Legislature in Tennessee, by the state finance director in Alabama, and by the executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration in Colorado.

    Partisan affiliation

    Of the 19 controllers currently in office, nine are officially nonpartisan. Of the ten controllers to have a partisan affiliation, 6 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.

    Compensation

    According to compensation figures for 2022 compiled by the Council of State Governments in the Book of the States, the highest salary for a controller is $222,252 in Tennessee, while the lowest is $110,000 in Connecticut . To view the compensation of a specific controller, hover your mouse cursor over the state.

    Election history

    2024

    See also: State executive official elections, 2024

    No state held elections for controller in 2024.

    2023

    See also: State executive official elections, 2023

    No state held elections for controller in 2023.

    2022

    See also: State executive official elections, 2022

    Nine states held elections for controller in 2022.

    2021

    See also: State executive official elections, 2021

    No state held elections for controller in 2021.

    2020

    See also: State executive official elections, 2020

    No state held elections for controller in 2020.

    2019

    See also: State executive official elections, 2019

    No state held elections for controller in 2019.

    2018

    See also: State executive official elections, 2018

    Nine states held elections for controller in 2018.

    2016

    One state held an election for controller in 2016. Illinois had a special election following the death of Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka.

    2015

    No controller elections were scheduled for the 2015 electoral cycle.

    2014

    Main article: State executive official elections, 2014

    Nine states held regularly scheduled controller/comptroller elections in the 2014 electoral cycle:

    2013

    There were no controller elections in 2013.

    2012

    There were no controller elections in 2012.

    See also

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