We felt a little emotionally manipulated when Jeff Sprung sat down and told us that his parents barely survived the Holocaust and that’s why he was running for state auditor. (Maybe our empathy was all tapped out that day, or maybe we’re just terrible people. You decide!) Anyway, despite the initial awkwardness, his passion for the most mind-numbingly boring but still absurdly important office swayed us.
As a Seattle-based attorney, Sprung has busted shady banks, health insurance companies, and accounting firms for fraud and has made himself known for advocating on behalf of whistle-blowers and consumers alike. He’s even snapped up endorsements from Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Planned Parenthood Northwest’s legal arm. As state auditor, Sprung says he wants to work with the Department of Health to ensure the public, particularly those on Medicaid or Medicare, are actually getting the best prices on life-saving drugs.
We’ve spent the last year watching the state’s current auditor, Troy Kelley, being paraded through court for…
