28 Facts About Nicole Galloway

Nicole Marie Galloway is an American accountant and politician who served as the state auditor of Missouri from 2015 to 2023.

Nicole Galloway was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri in the 2020 election, losing to incumbent Republican Mike Parson.

Nicole Galloway was elected to a full term in the 2018 election.

In 2018, following the electoral defeat of US Senator Claire McCaskill to Josh Hawley, Nicole Galloway became both the only female state officeholder and the only Democratic statewide elected official in Missouri.

On June 4,2021, Nicole Galloway announced that she would not run for reelection as State Auditor in the 2022 election.

Nicole Galloway is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Missouri.

Nicole Galloway grew up in Fenton, Missouri and graduated high school from Ursuline Academy in Oakland, Missouri.

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Nicole Galloway holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.

Nicole Galloway has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Missouri.

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Nicole Galloway is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner.

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Nicole Galloway has worked at Allstate Insurance as an actuarial analyst and at Shelter Insurance's Columbia headquarters as a corporate auditor.

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Nicole Galloway cited her experience in the private sector as key to being a "strong, independent watchdog for Missourians" in her role as auditor of Missouri.

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Nicole Galloway held the same role for the Missouri County Employees' Retirement Fund to safeguard retirement benefits of 16,000 Missouri residents in 111 counties across the state and spearheaded the initiative to ensure equally protected benefits of county employees in same-sex marriages.

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Nicole Galloway served as treasurer of Boone County, Missouri from April 2011 until her appointment as state auditor four years later.

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Nicole Galloway developed a debt issuance policy in 2012 that provided increased transparency.

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Nicole Galloway said that her goals as State Auditor of Missouri are to hold her office and others to the highest professional standards and being accountable to Missourians.

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On September 24,2018, Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit showing $300,000 missing from the Callaway County Collector's Office from January 2016 to March 2018.

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In 2017, Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit that uncovered a billing scheme in which Putnam County Memorial Hospital billed insurance companies for lab services conducted across the country.

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On June 21,2017, Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit showing that the city clerk of Viburnum, Missouri stole $100,000.

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Nicole Galloway was appointed to the post of Missouri State Auditor by Governor Jay Nixon in 2015 following the death of Republican Auditor Tom Schweich.

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Nicole Galloway won election to a full term as Missouri State Auditor on November 6,2018.

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Nicole Galloway opted not to run for reelection in 2022 and her term expired in January 2023, leaving the Democrats with no statewide elected offices in Missouri, when Republican Scott Fitzpatrick was sworn in as State Auditor.

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Nicole Galloway faced incumbent Republican governor Mike Parson in what was anticipated to be a close race.

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At the time, Nicole Galloway was the only Democratic politician holding statewide office in Missouri, as well as the only female officeholder.

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Nicole Galloway's endorsements included former president Barack Obama, former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, US Representative from Missouri's 5th District Emanuel Cleaver, Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas, former Georgia House of Representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams.