| Election Name: | 2011 Kentucky Auditor election |
| Nominee1: | Adam Edelen |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2011 |
| Nominee2: | John T. Kemper |
| Percentage2: | 44.24% |
| Popular Vote1: | 449,638 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Popular Vote2: | 367,661 |
| Percentage1: | 55.75% |
| Party1: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
| Country: | Kentucky |
| Party2: | Republican Party of Kentucky |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Kentucky Auditor election |
| Next Election: | 2015 Kentucky elections#State auditor |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Auditor of Public Accounts | |
| After Election: | Adam Edelen |
| After Party: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
| Before Party: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
| Before Election: | Crit Luallen |
The state of Kentucky elected an Auditor of Public Accounts November 8, 2011. Primaries for this election were held on Tuesday May 17, 2011.[1] In the November 8, 2011 general election, Democrat Adam Edelen was elected to his first term as Auditor.
The auditor checks the financial books of all state agencies, school districts and county governments and performs special investigations.[2]
Current Auditor of Public Accounts Crit Luallen (D) is ineligible to run due to term limits.
Based on the candidate filing report with the office of the Kentucky Secretary of State after the January 25, 2011 filing deadline, the following candidates filed to run for Auditor.[3]