Republican Timothy DeFoor's re-election bid is being challenged by Philadelphia Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta.
Republican Timothy DeFoor's re-election bid is being challenged by Philadelphia Democrat Malcolm Kenyatta.The race for auditor general, in which one of Philadelphia’s rising Democratic stars is looking to unseat one of Pennsylvania’s topThe contest to become the state’s top fiscal watchdog remained close, with State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta trailing incumbent Auditor General Tim DeFoor by a small margin.
If he were to win, Kenyatta, 34, would be the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color to hold a statewide row office. He became the first openly LGBTQ person of color to serve in the General Assembly when he was elected to the State House in 2018, at the age of 28. DeFoor, 62, is a Harrisburg native who had served as a special agent for the state attorney general’s office, an internal fraud manager and investigator for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the Dauphin County controller before his 2020 election. A win for him would grant him four more years in office; auditor generals can serve only two terms.He’s touted his decades of experience in auditing roles in his reelection bid.
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