Arizona Corporation Commission

	Arizona Corporation Commission
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$79,500
2025 FY Budget:	$36,193,400
Total Seats:	5
Term limits:	Two consecutive terms
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Arizona Constitution, Article 15, Section 1
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Rene Lopez, Lea Marquez Peterson, Nick Myers, Kevin Thompson, Rachel Walden
	Elections
Next election:	2026
Last election:	2024
	Other Arizona Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Superintendent of Public Instruction• Auditor• Agriculture Director • Insurance and Financial Institutions Director• Lands Commissioner• Labor Director• Corporation Commission• State Mine Inspector

The Arizona Corporation Commission is a quasi-executive regulatory agency in the Arizona state government. The commission is Arizona's state regulatory body for non-municipal utility companies, including energy, heat, trash, water, and communications firms. It also oversees the incorporation of businesses, securities regulation and railroad/pipeline safety.^[1]

Current officeholders

The current officeholders are:

Authority

The commission's authority stems from the Arizona Constitution.

Arizona Constitution, Article 15, Section 1

B. A corporation commission is hereby created to be composed of five persons who shall be elected at the general election, and whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall maintain their chief office at the state capital.

Qualifications

Commissioners must only satisfy the standard requirements for all Arizona state officers, who must be at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United States, and able to speak English.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 38, Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 211

A. Every officer shall be not less than eighteen years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state.
B. No person is eligible to any office, employment or service in any public institution in the state, or in any of the several counties thereof, of any kind or character, whether by election, appointment or contract, unless he is a citizen of the United States, but the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the employment of any teacher, instructor or professor authorized to teach in the United States under the teacher exchange program as provided by federal statutes or the employment of university or college faculty members.
C. A person who is unable to speak, write and read the English language is not eligible to hold a state, county, city, town or precinct office in the state, whether elective or appointive, and no certificate of election or commission shall issue to a person so disqualified.

D. Except as provided in subsection E, a person is not eligible for employment by or service for the state or a political subdivision of the state, including all boards and commissions of the state or political subdivision, all multimember governing bodies of departments, agencies, institutions and instrumentalities of the state or political subdivisions unless the person has registered with the selective service system if required by the federal military selective service act (62 Stat. 604; 50 United States Code App. section 453).

Elections

The Arizona Constitution requires that commissioners be elected in statewide contests to four-year terms. Three commissioners are elected during federal presidential election years. The two remaining commissioners are elected during gubernatorial election years. Commissioners' terms begin on the first Monday in January after the year they are elected.

Arizona Constitution, Article 15, Section 1

B. A corporation commission is hereby created to be composed of five persons who shall be elected at the general election, and whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall maintain their chief office at the state capital. The two additional commission members shall be elected at the 2002 general election for initial two-year terms beginning on the first Monday in January, 2003. Thereafter, all terms shall be four-year terms.

Term limits

A corporation commissioner may not hold office for more than two consecutive terms.

Election results

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rachel Walden (R)	17.9	1,525,622
✔	Rene Lopez (R)	17.4	1,481,992
✔	Lea Marquez Peterson (R)	16.9	1,440,681
	Ylenia Aguilar (D)	15.7	1,336,868
	Jonathon Hill (D)	15.3	1,301,904
	Joshua Polacheck (D)	14.4	1,230,440
	Nina Luxenberg (G)	1.3	110,486
	Mike Cease (G)	1.2	101,473
	Frank Bertone (D) (Write-in)	0.0	144

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,529,610
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Ylenia Aguilar (D), Jonathon Hill (D), and Joshua Polacheck (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on July 30, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ylenia Aguilar	35.9	414,130
✔	Jonathon Hill	32.8	378,014
✔	Joshua Polacheck	31.3	360,835

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,152,979
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Republican primary

Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Rachel Walden (R), Rene Lopez (R), and incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on July 30, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rachel Walden	36.8	512,104
✔	Rene Lopez	32.4	450,479
✔	Lea Marquez Peterson	30.9	429,820

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,392,403
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Christy Kelly (R)

Green Party primary

Green primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)

Mike Cease (G) and Nina Luxenberg (G) advanced from the Green Party primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on July 30, 2024. .The remaining seat are too close to call.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Cease (Write-in)	50.4	179
✔	Nina Luxenberg (Write-in)	49.6	176

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 355
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