Who is running for State Auditor in 2026?

Former director, St. Louis County Department of Revenue

Quentin Wilson is the Democratic nominee for Missouri State Auditor¹². His campaign site lists past service as director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, the governor's cabinet director, deputy director of economic development, state commissioner of higher education and aide to three members of Congress³. St. Louis Public Radio reports he most recently directed the St. Louis County Department of Revenue⁴.

• Director, St. Louis County Department of Revenue (most recent post per St. Louis Public Radio)⁴
• Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, Governor's Cabinet Director, Deputy Director of Economic Development and State Commissioner of Higher Education, per his campaign site³
• Earlier an aide to three members of Congress, and more recently a research fellow with three organizations dedicated to results-driven leadership and greater accountability in government, per his campaign site³
• Won the Democratic nomination for State Auditor in the August 4, 2026 primary². He has not previously held elected office on the sources read.

Missouri State Auditor

Scott Fitzpatrick is the sitting Missouri State Auditor, sworn in January 9, 2023². He served as State Treasurer from 2019 to 2023 and in the Missouri House from 2013 to 2019, including as House Budget Committee chairman in 2017 and 2018². He is the Republican nominee for a second term against Democrat Quentin Wilson and Libertarian Dustin Coffell¹³.

• Missouri State Auditor since January 9, 2023²
• Missouri State Treasurer, 2019 to 2023²
• Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, 2013 to 2019; chairman of the House Budget Committee, 2017 to 2018²
• First elected to the Missouri House in 2012²; served as State Treasurer from 2019 to 2023²; elected State Auditor in 2022, defeating Democrat Alan Green⁴.

Private citizen

Dustin Coffell is the Libertarian nominee for Missouri State Auditor; he ran unopposed in the August 4, 2026 primary¹². KCUR reports he has no official campaign website and says on his Facebook page that he wants the lowest taxes possible for Missouri residents². Little else about his background was found in public official or news sources.

• No public office held found; no published biography found in the sources read²
• Nominated as the Libertarian candidate after running unopposed in the August 4, 2026 primary².