James O'Connor (Arizona) - Ballotpedia

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Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

3

James O'Connor (Republican Party) is a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. He assumed office on January 4, 2021. His current term ends on January 6, 2025.

O'Connor (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona Corporation Commission. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

O'Connor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

James O’Connor’s career experience includes working in securities and financial services.^[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2024

James O'Connor did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Tovar (D)	17.5	1,450,194
✔		Lea Marquez Peterson (R)	17.5	1,449,963
✔		James O'Connor (R)	17.3	1,434,236
		Eric Sloan (R)	16.7	1,379,804
		William Mundell (D)	15.7	1,295,836
		Shea Stanfield (D)	15.3	1,264,909
		Christina Gibson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	411
		Patrick Finerd (R) (Write-in)	0.0	232

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,275,585
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Anna Tovar, William Mundell, and Shea Stanfield advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Tovar	39.3	531,400
✔		William Mundell	30.7	416,099
✔		Shea Stanfield	30.0	406,044

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,353,543
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Eric Sloan, incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson, and James O'Connor advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Sloan	50.7	516,786
✔		Lea Marquez Peterson	44.8	456,065
✔		James O'Connor (Write-in)	4.5	45,544

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,018,395
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (2 seats)

Sandra D. Kennedy and incumbent Justin Olson defeated Rodney Glassman and Kiana Sears in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandra D. Kennedy (D)	25.7	1,076,800
✔		Justin Olson (R)	25.2	1,053,862
		Rodney Glassman (R)	25.1	1,049,394
		Kiana Sears (D)	24.0	1,006,654
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	232

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,186,942
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (2 seats)

Sandra D. Kennedy and Kiana Sears defeated William Mundell in the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandra D. Kennedy	45.1	351,561
✔		Kiana Sears	28.1	219,011
		William Mundell	26.8	208,941

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 779,513 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (2 seats)

Incumbent Justin Olson and Rodney Glassman defeated James O'Connor, incumbent Tom Forese, and Eric Sloan in the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Olson	25.2	240,825
✔		Rodney Glassman	22.8	218,130
		James O'Connor	21.6	206,929
		Tom Forese	15.9	152,395
		Eric Sloan	14.4	138,051

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 956,330 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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James O'Connor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Connor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

After working 42 years in the securities industry I retired and my firm, Nexus Financial Services. I also served 18 months as an advisor to the California Senate as it wrote rules to address state investment pools following the bankruptcy of Orange County.

Shortly after the sale of my firm was complete I moved to Arizona and spent 15 years in different rolls of the Arizona Republican Party.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

FIGHTING JOB-KILLING GREEN ENERGY MANDATES
PROTECTING YOU FROM UNFAIR UTILITY RATE INCREASES
CUTTING GOVERNMENT RED TAPE

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

TBD

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Footnotes

↑ Jim O’Connor for AZ, “Meet Jim,” accessed December 24, 2020

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