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The2024 Arizona Corporation Commission election was held on November 5, 2024. It elected three members of theArizona Corporation Commission, a five-member body tasked with regulatingpublic utilities in the state.
Members are elected to four-year terms, with three seats up for election inpresidential years and the other two up for election inmidterm years. The elections useplurality 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 andJames 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]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | 5,273 | 0.64 | ||
| Total votes | 821,717 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ylenia Aguilar | 239,841 | 35.98 | |
| Democratic | Jonathon Hill | 215,923 | 32.39 | |
| Democratic | Joshua Polacheck | 208,241 | 31.24 | |
| Write-in | 2,579 | 0.39 | ||
| Total votes | 666,584 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Green | Mike Cease(write-in) | 73 | 29.20 | |
| Green | Nina Luxenberg(write-in) | 72 | 28.80 | |
| Write-in | 105 | 42.00 | ||
| Total votes | 250 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Rachel Walden | 1,525,622 | 17.89% | ||
| Republican | Rene Lopez | 1,481,992 | 17.37% | ||
| Republican | Lea Márquez Peterson (incumbent) | 1,440,681 | 16.89% | ||
| Democratic | Ylenia Aguilar | 1,336,868 | 15.67% | ||
| Democratic | Jonathon Hill | 1,301,904 | 15.26% | ||
| Democratic | Joshua Polacheck | 1,230,440 | 14.43% | ||
| Green | Nina Luxenberg | 110,486 | 1.30% | ||
| Green | Mike Cease | 101,473 | 1.19% | ||
| Democratic | Frank Bertone (Write-in) | 144 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 8,529,610 | 100.00% | |||
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Chairman Jim O'Connor, a Republican, and Anna Tovar, the lone Democrat, aren't seeking reelection.
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