Lorne R. Worthington

Lorne R. Worthington (June 14, 1938 – August 21, 1999) was the Iowa State Auditor from 1965 to 1967.

Until the election of Rob Sand in 2018, Worthington was the last Democrat to serve as Iowa State Auditor.

Early life

Worthington was born to Paul and Alice Worthington, in 1938 in Penticton. He attended the University of Iowa, majoring in accounting, and later Graceland College, where he received a bachelor's in business administration, with cum laude honors in May 1964. Worthington won 609,932 votes against Akers' 493,396 votes. He served from 1965 to 1967. C. W. Ward, and Independent Lloyd R. Smith. Ward had been fired by Worthington on the day he announced his ambition to run for office.

Insurance commissioner

He was appointed as Insurance Commissioner by Governor Harold Hughes, serving in that position from 1966 to 1971.

From 1973 to 1982, he served as president and CEO of Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company. He then became the executive vice president of New Hampshire Insurance, managing director of Seabury and Smith, and CEO of Vector Market and Research.

He was also an elder of the RLDS Church.

He died on August 21, 1999, of cancer, in New York City.