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The 2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election was held on November 5, 2024. It elected three members of the Arizona Corporation Commission , a five-member body tasked with regulating public utilities in the state.
Arizona is one of only fourteen states with elected commissioners. [1] The Arizona Constitution explicitly calls for an elected commission, as opposed to a governor-appointed commission, which is the standard in most states, [2] because its drafters feared that governors would appoint industry-friendly officials. [3]
James O'Connor, better known by the name Jim O'Connor, is an American politician, elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2020. [1]Before entering politics, O'Connor worked for 42 years in the securities industry, owning his own firm, Nexus Financial Services.
Kevin Thompson is an American politician and former enlisted member of the United States Air Force and current member of the Arizona Corporation Commission.A member of the Republican Party, Thompson served the citizens of Mesa, AZ as Councilmember of District 6 from January 2015 to January 2023 prior to being elected to the Commission in November 2022.
Doug Little (born 1956) is an American software industry executive and politician who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2015 to 2017. Little was elected to the Commission alongside Thomas Forese in the 2014 midterm elections.
Brenda Burns (born November 22, 1950 [1]) is an American politician, real estate agent and member of the Republican Party from the state of Arizona who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission from 2011 to 2015. Elected in 2010, she was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in 2014 but chose not to do so. [2]
Paul Newman's name on the campaign sign for the Solar Team During Newman's second campaign for Corporation Commission, in 2008, he and two other Democrats advanced past the primary election . Along with Sam George and Sandra Kennedy , Newman campaigned on bringing renewable solar energy to Arizona.
In 2012 he ran for the Arizona Corporation Commission, and won. He won re-election to the Commission in the 2016, and is an incumbent on the Commission. [1] [12] Burns played a key role in the development of the Arizona Telemedicine Council, initiating the legislation that created it, and serving as the first co-chairman of the council. [13]