2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Allen County Auditor

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What this office does

The county auditor is an elected county officer created by the Indiana Constitution and is the county's fiscal officer. The auditor keeps the county's books, pays claims only when money has been appropriated, serves as clerk to the commissioners and council, and works out tax rates and distributions for the local governments in the county ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}.

The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.

Term: 4 years ^[1]
Term limit: No more than eight years in any twelve-year period (Indiana Constitution, Article 6, Section 2) ^[1]
Qualifications: Must have lived in the county for at least one year before the election, be registered to vote in the county by the filing deadline, and file a statement of economic interests ^[5]
Pay and staff: Set by the county council, which also fixes the number of deputies and employees; the officer files a budget estimate each summer ^{[6, 7]}
On the 2026 ballot: 65 counties; 15 contested (more candidates, including write-ins, than seats) ^[8]

What the law puts in this job (6)

Is the fiscal officer of the county and keeps its accounts ^[2].
Receives claims against the county, presents them to the commissioners, and issues warrants only when the commissioners or a court order it ^{[9, 10]}.
May not let any line of appropriation be overdrawn, and may draw a warrant only if the county council has appropriated the money ^{[3, 4]}.
Settles property tax collections with the treasurer twice a year and distributes the money to the county, schools, cities, towns, townships and other local units ^[11].
Certifies the county's net assessed value to the Department of Local Government Finance each year for setting tax rates ^[12].
Files the county's annual financial report with the State Board of Accounts ^[13].

Allen County's numbers for this office

Legal Insights county office research (Oct. 13, 2026): Indiana Gateway budgets 2019-2026 and the indicator sources linked on each line.

This office's 2026 budget

$1,582,650

0.4% of the county's adopted 2026 budget · 3% less than 2019, before inflation

2019 $1,637,2502026 $1,582,650

The year-by-year figures

Adopted budget, all funds, 2019-2026 (not adjusted for inflation)

2019: $1,637,250
2020: $1,667,470
2021: $1,627,817
2022: $1,652,697
2023: $1,607,842
2024: $1,528,507
2025: $1,583,244
2026: $1,582,650

Budget lines counted: 0002 COUNTY AUDITOR

Adopted 2026 county budget (Form 1 line items, Form 4B) and earlier years' budgets

Elected official's pay, 2026 budget line

$121,540

From the county budget; verify against the county's 2026 salary ordinance. A line can include longevity pay or a second role.

In some counties the auditor's department also carries pass-through money; this county's lines do not show debt payments and are mostly staff and operations.

Also on the record for this office

property tax billing software: Low Associates WinTax 13.15.0.8 (source: Indiana Gateway pay-2026 property-tax data)

About this race

The county auditor is Allen County's fiscal officer. Jacquelynn Scheuman, a Republican, holds the office and is on the ballot for a full term ^{[14, 8]}.
Scheuman was unopposed in the May 2026 Republican primary; no Democrat ran in the primary, and Nikole Gillum is the Democratic nominee on the general-election list ^{[16, 8]}.
No forum or debate between the candidates was found as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Candidates on the ballot

Nikole Gillum

Democratic

Nikole Gillum is the Democratic nominee. No Democrat was on the May 2026 primary ballot for auditor; she is on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list ^{[16, 8]}.

How Gillum got on the ballot

Not on the May 5, 2026 primary ballot; listed as the Democratic candidate on the state's general-election list ^{[16, 8]}.

What we could not find about Gillum

No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news coverage or biography was found as of Oct. 13, 2026.
How she was nominated (for example by party caucus after the primary) was not confirmed.

Sources for Gillum

2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)

Jacquelynn Scheuman

RepublicanIncumbent

Republican Jacquelynn (Jackie) Scheuman is the current Allen County auditor and a longtime employee of the auditor's office ^{[14, 15]}.

Scheuman's background

Listed by the county as Allen County Auditor ^[14].
Was the auditor's office finance and budget director, according to State Board of Accounts audit reports of 2006 and 2019–2020 ^{[17, 15]}.

How Scheuman got on the ballot

Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, with 18,480 votes ^[16].

What we could not find about Scheuman

No campaign website, candidate questionnaire or interview stating her plans for the office was found as of Oct. 13, 2026.
How and when she took office was not confirmed from a free source; local coverage is in the Journal Gazette, which is paywalled and was not used.

Sources for Scheuman

Auditor (Allen County, Indiana)

Key points

Scheuman was unopposed in the May 2026 Republican primary; no Democrat ran in the primary, and Nikole Gillum is the Democratic nominee on the general-election list. (Indiana Election Division)

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Constitution of the State of Indiana, Article 6, Section 2 (quoted in the 2026 Candidate Guide) (Indiana Election Division)
Indiana Code 36-2-9-2: Auditor as county fiscal officer (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 36-2-9-13: Auditor; appropriations not to be overdrawn (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 36-2-9-14: Auditor; warrants only on appropriation (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
2026 Indiana Candidate Guide (County Offices) (Indiana Election Division)
Indiana Code 36-2-5-3: County fiscal body; compensation and positions (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 36-2-5-5: Officers' budget estimates (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
Indiana Code 36-2-6-2: Claims filed with the auditor (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 36-2-6-4: Allowance of claims; warrants (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 6-1.1-27-1: Semiannual settlement of property taxes (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 6-1.1-17-1: Auditor's certified statement of net assessed value (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Indiana Code 5-11-1-4: Annual financial reports to the State Board of Accounts (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
Auditor (Allen County, Indiana)
Audit Report of County Auditor, Allen County, Indiana, B55853 (Indiana State Board of Accounts)
2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
Audit Report of County Auditor, Allen County, Indiana (Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2006), B31185 (Indiana State Board of Accounts)

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