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Paul Andrews

Democratic · WA · Kitsap County Auditor

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Paul Andrews is the Kitsap County Auditor and a Democratic candidate for re-election. The county biography states that he oversees elections, recording, payroll, county finances, and licensing services.

Where Paul Andrews stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Efficiency (1 record), Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Election Integrity (1 record)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 1 support

  • Published Kitsap County's 2024 Popular Annual Financial Report, a plain-language summary of county revenues, spending, and structure. The county's audited financial statements again drew a clean, unmodified opinion from the Washington State Auditor's Office.

    October 9, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support

  • Presented the Kitsap County Auditor's Office 2026 budget to the Board of County Commissioners in Commissioner Chambers, cutting the office's spending by a total of $127,280 through the elimination of one Office Support Supervisor position in a reclassification and reorganization plus a net reduction in supplies and services line items.

    September 16, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support

  • Installed a live-stream camera in the Kitsap County Auditor's Office covering ballot processing, every election audit, and canvassing board meetings during his first term as Auditor, opening those election-administration steps to remote public observation, and adopted hash testing of all election equipment before each election plus chain-of-custody tracking devices on ballots moving from drop boxes to the office.

    October 18, 2022Supports Election Integrity

    Source: kitsapdailynews.com · researched July 30, 2026

Track record — General

General · 2 records

  • Served as President of the Washington State Association of County Auditors, which drafts legislative and administrative proposals affecting county auditor functions statewide, while also holding seats on the Washington State Recording Standards Commission and the VoteWA Executive Steering Committee.

    July 29, 2026

    Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 30, 2026

  • The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission closed enforcement case 108751 against Kitsap County Auditor Paul Andrews with no evidence of a violation of RCW 42.17A.555, after determining that an Auditor's Office staff member had mistakenly entered the office address on candidate paperwork and that the office corrected the affected records.

    June 27, 2022

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

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Profile last researched September 9, 2026.