2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election

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2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election
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3 seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Rachel Walden by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rene Lopez.jpg Lea Marquez Peterson (53448845300) (cropped).jpg
CandidateRachel Walden Rene Lopez Lea Márquez Peterson
Party Republican Republican Republican
Popular vote1,525,6221,481,9221,440,681
Percentage17.89%17.37%16.89%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
CandidateYlenia AguilarJonathon HillJoshua Polacheck
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote1,336,8681,301,9041,230,440
Percentage15.67%15.26%14.43%
commissioners before election

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

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Elected commissioners

Rachel Walden (R)
Rene Lopez (R)
Lea Márquez
Peterson (R)

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.

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, were up for re-election in 2024, as is the lone Democrat, Anna Tovar. Peterson ran for re-election, while Tovar and O'Connor did not.

The election focused on Arizona's energy mix with the Republican candidates calling for the continued use of coal and gas-fired power plants and the Democratic candidates calling for a market-based approach that included solar, wind, and battery. [1]

Republican primary

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Lea Márquez Peterson

Organizations

Rachel Walden

Statewide officials

State legislators

Organizations

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rachel Walden 300,654 36.59
Republican Rene Lopez 264,442 32.18
Republican Lea Márquez Peterson (incumbent) 251,348 30.59
Write-in 5,2730.64
Total votes821,717 100.00

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ylenia Aguilar 239,841 35.98
Democratic Jonathon Hill 215,923 32.39
Democratic Joshua Polacheck 208,241 31.24
Write-in 2,5790.39
Total votes666,584 100.00

Green primary

Write-in candidates

Results

Green primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Mike Cease (write-in)73 29.20
Green Nina Luxenberg (write-in)72 28.80
Write-in 10542.00
Total votes250 100.00

Independents

Filed paperwork

General election

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rachel Walden1,525,62217.89%
Republican Rene Lopez1,481,99217.37%
Republican Lea Márquez Peterson (incumbent)1,440,68116.89%
Democratic Ylenia Aguilar1,336,86815.67%
Democratic Jonathon Hill1,301,90415.26%
Democratic Joshua Polacheck1,230,44014.43%
Green Nina Luxenberg110,4861.30%
Green Mike Cease101,4731.19%
Democratic Frank Bertone (Write-in)1440.00
Total votes8,529,610 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ Borla, Charles (September 4, 2024). "Arizona Corporation Commission candidates split on clean energy". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Frisk, Garrett (October 2, 2023). "Who's running for the Arizona Corporation Commission?". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Dutton, Jim (August 24, 2023). "Conservatives for a Constitutional Republic Host Rep Quang Nguyen and Corporation Commission Candidate Rachel Walden". Prescott eNews. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ Frisk, Garrett (November 9, 2023). "Lawyer Declares Candidacy for Arizona Corporation Commission". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Candidate Legal Challenges". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Arizona state elections 2024: Legislative majority at risk for Republicans". The Arizona Republic . May 28, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024. Chairman Jim O'Connor, a Republican, and Anna Tovar, the lone Democrat, aren't seeking reelection.
  7. 1 2 3 "Arizona Chamber endorses three for Corporation Commission". Chamber Business News. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 "Maricopa County PRIMARY ELECTION JULY 30, 2024" (PDF). Maricopa County Elections. August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Priest, Reagan (July 19, 2024). "Meet Democratic candidates for Corporation Commission". Arizona Capitol Times . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  10. ↑ Wiles, Russ (February 9, 2024). "Tovar won't seek reelection to Arizona Corporation Commission, says it 'needs a shake-up'". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Wiles, Russ (July 8, 2024). "Arizona voters will vote on going green fast or keeping fossil-fuel choices in the mix". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Statements of Interest Filed". Arizona Secretary of State .

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