38 Facts About Andrew Sorrell

Justin Andrew Sorrell was born on 1985 and is an American politician who is the incumbent State Auditor of Alabama, serving since 2023.

Andrew Sorrell was elected as state auditor in the 2022 election cycle after defeating pastor Stan Cooke in a runoff.

Andrew Sorrell was born in California; his family moved to Wisconsin when he was six weeks old.

At age 16, Andrew Sorrell co-founded a business partnership with his brother Matthew to re-sell college textbooks.

Andrew and Matthew Sorrell became known as "the book guys" on the campus of the University of North Alabama, which they both attended.

Andrew Sorrell eventually graduated and attained a business management degree from the University of North Alabama.

Andrew Sorrell first became involved in politics by helping run local Republican campaigns with his brother Matthew, but found little success.

Andrew Sorrell was first elected to the Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee in 2010, and still serves as chairman of its bylaws committee, as of 2022.

Andrew Sorrell ran for election to the third district of the Alabama House of Representatives in the 2018 election cycle.

Andrew Sorrell initially attempted to convince his father to run for the seat, but stood for election himself after his father declined.

Andrew Sorrell received the 2020 Conservative Policy Warrior Award from the Alabama Policy Institute for his votes to lower taxes and reduce the size of government.

Andrew Sorrell served on the legislative committees for Ethics and Campaign Finance, Technology and Research, and Financial Services.

Andrew Sorrell voted against it when it was first passed in 2019, and co-sponsored a 2022 bill to pause the increase.

Andrew Sorrell targeted Alabama's grocery tax in February 2020 with a bill that aimed to phase out the tax by 2040.

In September 2020, Andrew Sorrell was one of two dissenting votes opposing an anti-price gouging bill targeting repair fraud in the wake of Hurricane Sally.

In both 2020 and 2021, Andrew Sorrell was the sole representative to vote against the state's general fund budgets.

In June 2019, Andrew Sorrell wrote an opinion article for AL.

However, in May 2021, Andrew Sorrell voted against the bill that eventually became law permitting medical marijuana in Alabama.

Andrew Sorrell worked with a Huntsville-based group known as "Unmask our Kids" to build support for the legislation.

Andrew Sorrell joined several other Republican officials in Alabama who criticized Governor Ivey's executive order opposing federal vaccine mandates, saying that it did not go far enough; he wrote on Facebook that, "although strong in rhetoric, the order had very little in actual substance".

Andrew Sorrell co-sponsored an anti-transgender "bathroom bill" in 2022, saying he did so because of the presence of a transgender student at Muscle Shoals High School.

In February 2022, Andrew Sorrell authored a bill to outlaw medication abortions in Alabama.

Over his tenure, Andrew Sorrell built support for the bill before eventually attaining 38 co-sponsors by 2021.

Andrew Sorrell worked with fellow representative Shane Stringer to pass House Bill 272 for constitutional carry; it was signed into law by Governor Ivey in March 2022.

Andrew Sorrell retrospectively called his contributions to constitutional carry one of his "greatest legislative accomplishments".

In 2020, Andrew Sorrell served as chair of the Alabama Trump Delegation for the 2020 Republican National Convention, during which he cast Alabama's votes for Trump at the convention.

Andrew Sorrell was the first person to declare candidacy in the 2022 election for State Auditor of Alabama, seeking the Republican nomination.

Andrew Sorrell faced two opponents in the Republican primary: Stan Cooke, a pastor and professional counselor, and Rusty Glover, a former state senator.

Andrew Sorrell compared Alabama's auditing functions at the time to "a fox guarding the hen house".

Andrew Sorrell had previously sponsored legislation as state representative to transfer the public examiners' department to the office of State Auditor.

Andrew Sorrell faced Libertarian nominee Leigh Lachine in the general election; no Democratic candidate qualified in the auditor race.

Andrew Sorrell indicated support for creating government accountability and investigative divisions for the office of State Auditor.

In March 2023, Andrew Sorrell announced that a bill would be introduced in the next legislative session with the aim of expanding the state auditor's powers to further investigate the state government.

Andrew Sorrell endorsed Ron DeSantis in the Republican primary for the 2024 US presidential election.

Andrew Sorrell was a strong supporter of Allen Long, a candidate for the Alabama State Board of Education, in 2024.

On February 24,2025, Andrew Sorrell told 1819 News that he would run for Alabama Secretary of State in 2026, seeking to succeed incumbent Wes Allen, who is running for lieutenant governor of Alabama.

Andrew Sorrell is married to his wife Hannah Andrew Sorrell, a real estate agent who was a delegate to the 2020 Republican National Convention; they have one daughter together and reside in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Andrew Sorrell is a private pilot and an advanced scuba diver.