Adam Edelen (born November 26, 1974) is an American businessman, solar energy entrepreneur, and politician who served as the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2012 to 2016.

He resigned from his position as the governor's Chief of Staff to work as a business consultant, before running for the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

[11] Edelen won election to Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on November 8, 2011, defeating Republican John T. Kemper III by a margin of 11.6%.

The effort led to a report and the creation of a database with financial information for approximately 1,200 entities, including libraries, fire districts, and health departments.

Edelen created a new Medicaid Accountability and Transparency Unit in the Auditor's office to provide real-time oversight over the second-largest expenditure in state government.

[25] The Kentucky Department of Education began requiring school districts to post superintendent contracts online, aligning with recommendations from Edelen's office.

[29] In 2017, news articles began circulating which detailed a project in which Edelen is involved that plans to install tens of thousands of solar panels on a reclaimed surface mine in eastern Kentucky.

The ticket touted a platform of no PAC contributions, a living wage, acknowledgement of climate change, green jobs, fully funded public and higher education, universal broadband internet, expanded healthcare and protection of the Medicaid expansion.

Edelen was one of Government Technology magazine's 2014 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers, an award bestowed on innovators in the public sector across the country.

This award is one of the oldest service honors in the United States, with previous recipients including John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton.