Rosie Davis

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Rosie Davis

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 2, 2020

Contact

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Rosie Davis (Democratic Party) ran for election for Pennsylvania Auditor General. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Rosie Davis was born in Oklahoma. She is a Certified Public Accountant and the current Vice-Chairman of the Smithfield Township Board of Auditors, to which she was first elected in 2018. Davis' professional experience includes working in financial management consulting. She is a member of the Finance Committee of the Shawnee Valley Owners Association and the Monroe County NAACP. Davis earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and political science from Texas Woman's University.

Elections

2020

See also: Pennsylvania Auditor election, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania Auditor General

Timothy DeFoor defeated Nina Ahmad, Jennifer Moore, and Olivia Faison in the general election for Pennsylvania Auditor General on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy DeFoor (R)	49.4	3,338,009
		Nina Ahmad (D)	46.3	3,129,131
		Jennifer Moore (L)	3.1	205,929
		Olivia Faison (G)	1.2	78,588

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,751,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Auditor General

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Auditor General on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nina Ahmad	36.4	551,144
		Michael Lamb	27.1	410,556
		Christina Hartman	14.0	211,281
		Tracie Fountain	9.0	136,130
		H. Scott Conklin	7.5	112,952
		Rosie Davis	6.0	90,558

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,512,621
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania Auditor General

Timothy DeFoor advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania Auditor General on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy DeFoor	100.0	1,042,092

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cris Dush (R)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rosie Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Davis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a certified public accountant (CPA) and serve as the Vice Chairman of the Smithfield Township Board of Auditors. I was elected in 2017 to serve a term from 2018 to 2024 on the Smithfield Township Board of Auditors. In addition, I serve on the Finance Committee for the Shawnee Valley Owners Association and I am a member of the Monroe County NAACP, and I own a financial management consulting business in Monroe County. I have a degree in Accounting and a second degree in Political Science. My accounting and auditing career spans over 34 years where I have extensive experience managing and conducting audits of Federal, State and City governmental entities, third party government contractors, Not-For-Profit organizations and colleges & universities. I am an expert in the field of governmental auditing. I started my career working as a federal auditor at the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) – Audit under the US Dept. of Agriculture. As years passed, I transitioned into public accounting where I worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and TCBA Watson Rice LLP where I developed and refined my technical and managerial skills and enterprise auditing expertise. I typically manage audit projects of governmental entities with revenues exceeding $150 billion plus. I also have a proven track record of uncovering financial corruption and I am the person hired to identify the soft areas where people hide errors and irregularities also known as fraud and abuse.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Addressing public school district funding inequality is a priority. I plan to review public school district funding from a top down approach.

• A significant portion of State taxpayer sponsored programs and services are outsourced to 3rd-party contractors who provide substandard and inadequate services. I will conduct more performance and effectiveness audits of 3rd-party contracts. Like: The share ride program for elderly and vulnerable citizens is on top of the list.

• The top priority is to save the PA taxpayers roughly $600,000 dollars of extra salary cost because as the next Auditor General, there will be no need to hire another CPA to direct the State's audit team because I have the direct CPA audit experience to handle the financial technical requirements of the job.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about issues of concern to senior citizens and at-risk youths.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

The Auditor General's office is the only agency within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that is responsible for auditing the accounts, the books and records of every taxpayer sponsored program and activity. This sole responsibility was designated by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1809.

What responsibilities of this office do you personally consider the most important?

The Auditor General's office provides the checks and balances to ensure that taxpayer dollars spent on thousands of programs and activities are being operated without occurrences of fraud and abuse.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

The Auditor General should be required to possess a (1) Certified Public Accountant license, (2) an Accounting degree and (3) Prior auditing experience to be an effective technical manager and leader in the Office.

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