Beth Wood

Beth Wood
Auditor of North Carolina
Assumed office
January 10, 2009
Governor Bev Perdue
Pat McCrory
Roy Cooper
Preceded by Les Merritt
Personal details
Born (1954-04-22) April 22, 1954
Political party Democratic
Education 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 was narrowly re-elected to a third term as State Auditor in the 2016 general election in North Carolina over Republican Chuck Stuber by just 6,042 votes out of more than 5 million cast.[2]

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.[3]

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
North Carolina Auditor Election, 2016[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beth Wood (inc.) 2,259,436 50.07
Republican Chuck Stuber 2,253,394 49.93


References

  1. ↑ Our endorsements for Council of State. News & Observer (November 1, 2012)
  2. ↑ "11/08/2016 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ CPA Practice Advisor. CPA Practice Advisor (November 5, 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
  4. ↑ "11/08/2016 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Les Merritt		 Auditor of North Carolina
2009–present		 Incumbent
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