Does your state lean blue or lean red? Check out our new report, highlighting partisan control of state government from 1992-2013.
Thomas Salmon
 |
The information about this individual is current as of when they left office. See anything that needs updating? Send a correction to our editors |
| Thomas Salmon | ||
 | ||
| Vermont State Auditor | ||
| Retired Officeholder | ||
| In office | ||
| 2006 - 2013 | ||
| Party | Republican | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $90,376 | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 2, 2010 | |
| First elected | November 7, 2006 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | Boston College | |
| Personal | ||
| Place of birth | Bellows Falls, VT | |
| Profession | Certified Public Accountant | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
| Campaign website | ||
Contents |
Salmon did not seek re-election in 2012. He was succeeded by Doug Hoffer (D), who won election on November 6, 2012.
Biography
Salmon was born and raised in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He holds a BS in accounting from Boston College and was trained in auditing at Coopers and Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers). He taught in the inner city of Los Angeles and became a CPA in 1993.
In 2002, Salmon returned to Vermont with his family. He has served on the Rockingham Selectboard and is a member of the Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Certified Fraud Examiners Association and AICPA.[2]
Education
- BS, Accounting, Boston College
Political career
Vermont Auditor (2007-2013)
Salmon was first elected state auditor in 2006. He was subsequently re-elected in 2008 and 2010, but opted not to seek a fourth term in 2012.[3]
When Salmon vacates the auditor seat in January 2013, he will be succeeded by Doug Hoffer (D), who won election on November 6, 2012.
Issues
Presidential preference
2012
Thomas Salmon endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [4]
Elections
2012
Salmon did not seek re-election in 2012. In a letter he stated, "I have achieved the goal set when I took office in January 2007 to transform the Vermont State Auditor’s Office into a first-rate performance auditing shop. It is time for me to move on to new challenges."[5] Doug Hoffer (D) won election on November 6, 2012.
2010
Salmon won re-election in 2010.
| Vermont State Auditor, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Rep |  Thomas Salmon Incumbent |
51.7% | 110,500 | |
| Dem | Doug Hoffer | 45.8% | 97,880 | |
| L.U. | Jerry Levy | 2.6% | 5,471 | |
| Total Votes | 213,851 | |||
Campaign donors
Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Thomas Salmon's donors each year.[6] Click [show] for more information.
| Thomas Salmon's Campaign Contributions | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Vermont Auditor | 2008 Vermont Auditor (ran as Democrat) | 2006 Vermont Auditor (ran as Democrat) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Raised | $57,970 | $20,525 | $52,410 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Raised by General Election Opponent | $41,381 | $150 | $128,328 | ||||||||||||||||
| Top 5 contributors | Jerry Manne | $1,500 | Green Mountain PAC | $2,000 | Ken & Kylene Creal | $2,000 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Douglas for Governor | $1,000 | Curtis Greer | $750 | Tony James & Diana Liberty | $2,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Salmon | $1,000 | Jerry Manne | $500 | Carolina Rios & Tony Falzo | $1,600 | ||||||||||||||
| Angelo Pizzagelli | $1,000 | Bob & Susan Lasse | $500 | Sean & Leslie Cota | $1,600 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 other individual donors | $1,000 each | David & Margaret Coates | $400 | Contributions by Salmon or Salmon's immediate family | $1,545 | ||||||||||||||
| Individuals | $30,226 | $4,900 | $49,340 | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions | $2,950 | $400 | $1,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| In-state donations | $35,266 | $18,601 | $36,365 | ||||||||||||||||
| Out-of-state donations | $3,750 | $1,600 | $14,000 | ||||||||||||||||
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Vermont-Elections.org, "Election results," accessed September 12, 2011
- ↑ Auditor.Vermont.gov, "Biography," accessed September 12, 2011
- ↑ Vermont-Elections.org, "Election results," accessed September 12, 2011
- ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of Vermont Elected Officials and Leaders; Submits Required Presidential Primary Petition," September 29, 2011
- ↑ Vermont Business Magazine, "Vermont Auditor Tom Salmon will not run for re-election," May 18, 2012
- ↑ Follow the Money.org
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ' |
Vermont Auditor 2006 - 2013 |
Succeeded by Doug Hoffer (D) |
| ||||||||||||||
