James O'Connor (Arizona politician)

James O'Connor is an American politician, elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2020.

Jim O'Connor
Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded byBoyd Dunn
Personal details
Born (1946-01-19) January 19, 1946
Political partyRepublican
EducationChristian Brothers University (BS)

Before entering politics, O'Connor worked for 42 years in the securities industry, owning his own firm, Nexus Financial Services. In 1994, O'Connor served as an advisor to the California Senate on rules to govern state investment pools.[1]

Electoral history
  • 2018 O'Connor ran for the Corporation Commission, losing the Republican primary to Justin Olson and Rodney Glassman.
  • 2020 After Boyd Dunn failed to receive enough petition signatures to run for reelection to the commission, O'Connor launched a write-in campaign, receiving enough votes in the primary to secure a spot on the ballot in the general election.[2] O'Connor, along with Republican incumbent Lea Márquez Peterson and Democrat Anna Tovar were elected to the commission.[3]

In the news

As reported by Business Insider on May 10, 2021, [a]n Arizona GOP official made unverified claims that COVID vaccine turns people into 'potted plants'. Commissioner Jim O'Connor parroted the unverified claims of an Idaho doctor, and told the Arizona Republic that "many people who have taken the shot, many thousands of people here in the US, are deceased. And the deceased part is the good news. And please don't take that out of context."[4]

References
  1. Randazzo, Ryan. "Successful write-in candidate for Corporation Commission gives Republicans a full slate for November". The Arizona Republic.
  2. "ACC write-in candidate tries a second time for Corporation Commission seat". KNXV. September 30, 2020.
  3. Randazzo, Ryan. "2 Republicans, 1 Democrat elected to Arizona Corporation Commission; clean-energy rules could be threatened". The Arizona Republic.
  4. "Top Stories this AM: 6 killed in birthday shooting; Bill Barr told Trump he'd quit over FBI director; introducing Freckles the lobster".
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