Nicole Galloway (born June 13, 1982) is an American politician, State Auditor of Missouri and current candidate for governor of Missouri.
Galloway, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to a full term as State Auditor of Missouri in the State Auditor election on November 6, 2018, winning by 135,571 votes, or nearly 6 percent, with 50.4% of the vote to her opponent's 44.6%.
Galloway was appointed as State Auditor of Missouri by Governor Jay Nixon on April 14, 2015, following the resignation of John Watson.
John Watson was appointed as State Auditor following the death of Tom Schweich in February 2015, before Galloway's appointment as State Auditor nearly two months later.
With the defeat of U.S.
Senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S.
Senate election, Galloway is the only female state officeholder and the only Democratic statewide elected official in Missouri.On August 12, 2019, Galloway announced that she is entering the Democratic primary for the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election.
If elected, Galloway will be the first female Governor of Missouri.