Racines on the ballot for auditor

On the Republican ticket for State Auditor is Kristi Racines, who is running against Nathan Winters.

A fourth generation Wyoming native who was born in Casper and raised largely in Bar None, Racines said she is a Fremont County woman. Following high school, she attended at the University of Wyoming and earned her degree in accounting and went on to earn her CPA. She is currently the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State Judicial Branch, as well as the director of HR for the branch, and resides in Cheyenne with her husband and two children.

Racines said she wants Wyoming to have financial efficiency and officials with a long-term perspective for the state and the skills to meet the demands of the job. She noted she has done auditing of government entities, small businesses and non-profits, and explained an auditor has to have experience is subject matters when dealing with organizations such as the SLIB board, land board and construction board.

Racines said she loves the state and wants to create a Wyoming where children want to stay and where they can stay and afford a job, family and education. An auditor is not a lawmaker, she said, but is one who gets to oversee several business processes and gain an understanding of them.

In regard to transparency, she said getting financial information to the public is non-negotiable, but the information needs to be presented in a way that the public can understand and use.

Knowing how the accounting system works, she said she’s in the best position to make that happen.