Controller (state executive office)

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Controller, also known as comptroller, is a state-level position in 20 states. Most controllers and comptrollers share duties similar to state treasurers, exercising varying powers related to budgetary and management matters.

HIGHLIGHTS

The controller is popularly elected in 11 states and appointed in nine. Seven of those states are an appointment by the governor. The controller is appointed by the state legislature in Tennessee, by the state finance director in Alabama, and by the executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration in Colorado.

In 2023, controller salaries ranged from $94,760 in Indiana to $222,252 in Tennessee.

Current officeholders

List of All Current State Controllers in the United States:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Alabama Comptroller	Kathleen D. Baxter	Nonpartisan	August 2, 2017
Alaska Comptroller	Kayla Wisner	Nonpartisan	October 1, 2019
California Controller	Malia Cohen	Democratic	January 2, 2023
Colorado Controller	Robert Jaros	Nonpartisan	May 1, 2013
Connecticut Comptroller	Sean Scanlon	Democratic	January 4, 2023
Idaho Controller	Brandon Woolf	Republican	October 15, 2012
Illinois Comptroller	Susana Mendoza	Democratic	December 5, 2016
Indiana Comptroller of State	Elise Nieshalla	Republican	December 1, 2023
Maryland Comptroller	Brooke Elizabeth Lierman	Democratic	January 16, 2023
Massachusetts Comptroller of the Commonwealth	Bill McNamara	Nonpartisan	February 21, 2020
Nevada Controller	Andy Matthews	Republican	January 2, 2023
New Hampshire State Comptroller	Dana Call	Nonpartisan	2017
New Jersey Comptroller	Kevin D. Walsh	Nonpartisan	January 27, 2020
New Mexico State Controller	Mark Melhoff	Nonpartisan	April 15, 2023
New York Comptroller	Thomas P. DiNapoli	Democratic	February 7, 2007
North Carolina State Controller	Nels Roseland	Nonpartisan	July 1, 2022
South Carolina Comptroller General	Brian Gaines	Democratic	May 12, 2023
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury	Jason Mumpower	Republican	January 13, 2021
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	Glenn Hegar	Republican	January 1, 2015
Virginia State Comptroller	Scott Adams	Nonpartisan	August 23, 2024

Method of selection

The controller is popularly elected in 11 states and appointed in nine. Seven of those states are an appointment by the governor. The controller is appointed by the state Legislature in Tennessee, by the state finance director in Alabama, and by the executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration in Colorado.