Scott Fitzpatrick

At age 17 in 2003, Fitzpatrick began repairing docks in his hometown, starting a small business that became the Missouri-based marine manufacturing firm MariCorp U.S. MariCorp grew to become one of the largest dock and marina builders in the nation. As a businessman, he was recognized in the Springfield Business Journal’s “40 under 40” report and was the publication’s 2020 “Man of the Year.” As of 2023, MariCorp has at least 70 employees. Fitzpatrick has held political office since age 24 and has continued as CEO of MariCorp during this period.[1][2][3][4][5]

Fitzpatrick is from Table Rock Lake, Missouri, and graduated from Cassville High School in 2006. He continued to run MariCorp while he attended the University of Missouri, where he graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in business and a business that had grown to 30 employees. He and his wife, Mallory, have three sons and still live in Cassville, Missouri.[6][7][8]

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Campaign website

Fitzpatrick’s campaign website stated the following:

My Plan

I'm running for State Auditor to continue fighting for taxpayers. My plan:

Fighting Waste and Fraud

As Auditor, I'll expand upon the work I've done throughout my public service. Where waste, fraud, and abuse occur, I will find it and root it out. I have a record of doing that as Budget Chairman and as Treasurer. As Auditor, I will have the tools necessary to continue that work on an even greater scale, allowing me to have an even larger impact on government at the state and local level.

Blocking Taxpayer Funding for Illegal Immigrants

As House Budget Chairman, I defeated a plan hatched by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition at Missouri higher education institutions by cracking down on their funding. After Democrats lost that battle, they attempted to change state regulation to allow those same illegal immigrants to receive scholarships funded by Missouri taxpayers. Once again, I fought back against this attempted abuse of taxpayer money, and I won by passing a bill overriding those regulatory changes and leading the override of Governor Nixon’s veto of the legislation. As Auditor, I will ensure your tax dollars are not spent providing benefits to illegal immigrants.

Defending Missouri Values

We have witnessed countless attacks on our values and out of control spending from the Biden Administration and the liberals running Congress. Missourians are fiscally conservative, and we don’t take it well when politicians and bureaucrats waste our money on inefficient programs or by giving handouts to insiders. As Treasurer, when the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (the state’s largest tax credit program), was wasting millions of dollars per year to benefit wealthy developers, I championed reforms to the program that are saving tens of millions of dollars per year for taxpayers. As Auditor, you can trust me to give you the facts, fight for reforms wherever they are needed, and not cave to pressure from lobbyists or special interest groups when those facts show they are benefiting from sweetheart deals at your expense.

School District Oversight

Our kids are the future of our state and are our most precious resource. I am a product of public education, and I am proud to be the son of a lifelong schoolteacher. Many of our schools do a great job educating our children and preparing them for their next phase of life, but unfortunately, not all Missouri schools are delivering acceptable results. In 2008 the legislature passed a law to allow the Auditor to audit school districts. In the 14 years since that law took effect, only 19 audits have been conducted pursuant to that authority, despite there being 516 school districts in Missouri! Meanwhile two thirds of Missouri students aren’t proficient in math or science, and over half don’t read at grade level, despite record levels of funding for public schools. As Auditor, I’ll review administrative costs and administrator salaries and measure the performance of our schools against the investment taxpayers are making in them. I’ll ensure schools are following the law and keeping politically divisive curriculum like Critical Race Theory, and discussions relating to gender or sexual preferences out of the classroom. I will help parents make sure their schools are doing what they're expected to do: teach kids the things they need to learn to be prepared to join the workforce or go to college.

Measure Local Government Performance

As Treasurer, I am proud to have created the local government checkbook so Missourians can see exactly how their county governments are spending their hard-earned money. As Auditor, I will continue this focus on government transparency. Waste, fraud, and corruption will not be tolerated at any level of government. We have seen lawless behavior from some of our local governments, including the St. Louis Circuit Attorney. While attacking law enforcement, Kim Gardner's office continues to fail to perform their duties, leading to charges (even in murder cases) being dropped due to failure of the Circuit Attorney’s office to even show up for court!

Murderers cannot be set free because of prosecutorial incompetence. As Auditor, I will lead a comprehensive audit of any local government that is failing to protect the taxpayers it is elected to serve.[44]

—Scott Fitzpatrick’s campaign website (2022)[45]

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Fitzpatrick's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[46]

Economic Development

Excerpt: "By streamlining the processes currently required to obtain building permits, reducing the tax burden on businesses, passing a right to work law in our state, and keeping the government out of the way of job creators, Missouri can compete with neighboring Midwestern states as a top candidate to attract expanding businesses and entrepreneurs."

Education

Excerpt: "education, as is the case with the majority of issues, should be handled at the state and local levels. As the Representative for the 158th District, Scott will work with school administrators and educators on the issues that are hampering their ability to prepare our youth for today's world."

10th Amendment (State’s Rights)

Excerpt: "the issues we face in Missouri are not the same issues that other states, such as California, might face, and that the people of Missouri are far better able to settle the issues confronting them than legislators at the Federal level."

2nd Amendment (Right to Bear Arms)

Excerpt: "Americans must always maintain the constitutional right to bear arms. Scott will not let the fire arm ownership rights of law abiding citizens be compromised at any point during his time in office."