Timothy DeFoor
Timothy DeFoor | |
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DeFoor in 2024 | |
| 50th Auditor General of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office January 19, 2021 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf Josh Shapiro |
| Preceded by | Eugene DePasquale |
| Controller of Dauphin County | |
| In office January 4, 2016 – January 19, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Marie Rebuck |
| Succeeded by | Mary Bateman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Timothy Lionel DeFoor 1961 or 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Pennsylvania State University (BA) University of Pittsburgh (BA) Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (MS) |
Timothy Lionel DeFoor (born 1961 or 1962) is an American politician who is serving as the 50th Pennsylvania auditor general. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the Controller of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2021.
DeFoor's victory in the 2020 Pennsylvania Auditor General election made him the first African American and person of color to win an election to a statewide executive office in Pennsylvania, and the second to hold statewide office following Tim Reese. Upon taking office as auditor general, DeFoor also became the first Republican to hold that office since Barbara Hafer, who left office in 1997.