2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election

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2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

3 seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission
 
CandidateTBDTBDTBD
Party Republican Republican Republican

 
CandidateYlenia AguilarJonathon HillJoshua Polachek
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic

Incumbent commissioners

Lea Márquez
Peterson
(R)
James O'Connor (R)
Anna Tovar (D)

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The 2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election will be held on November 5, 2024. It will elect three members of the Arizona Corporation Commission, a five-member body tasked with regulating public utilities in the state. Members are elected to four-year terms, with three seats up for election in presidential years and the other two up for election in midterm years. The elections use plurality block voting, and each party will nominate 3 candidates. Republicans currently hold 4 seats on the board, while Democrats hold 1. Two Republicans, Lea Márquez Peterson and James O'Connor, are up for re-election in 2024, as is the lone Democrat, Anna Tovar. Peterson is running for re-election, while Tovar and O'Connor are not.

Republican primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Rachel Walden
Statewide officials
State legislators

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

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