Paul Newman
Paul Newman (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. He assumed office in 2009. He left office in 2013.
Newman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona Corporation Commission. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020.
Newman was a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, the state body charged with regulating the state's utility companies.[1] Newman first assumed office in 2009 and served until 2013.[1] Newman was defeated in his campaign for re-election in the November 6, 2012, general election.[2]
Biography
Education
- B.A. in government and politics, minor in history from the University of Maryland[3]
- Master's in judicial administration and Master's in public administration from the University Southern California
- Research fellow at USC Law Center
- Juris Doctor degree from the California Western School of Law
Political career
Arizona Corporation Commission 2009-2013
Newman first assumed office in 2009 and served until 2013.[1]
Arizona House of Representatives
Newman was a two-term Cochise County Supervisor and three-term state representative.[1][4]
Elections
2020
See also: Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Arizona Corporation Commission on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anna Tovar (D) | 17.5 | 1,450,194 |
| ✔ |  | Lea Marquez Peterson (R)  | 17.5 | 1,449,963 |
| ✔ |  | James O'Connor (R) | 17.3 | 1,434,236 |
| Eric Sloan (R) | 16.7 | 1,379,804 | ||
 | William Mundell (D) | 15.7 | 1,295,836 | |
 | Shea Stanfield (D) | 15.3 | 1,264,909 | |
| Christina Gibson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 411 | ||
 | Patrick Finerd (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 232 | |
| Total votes: 8,275,585 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
Anna Tovar, William Mundell, and Shea Stanfield advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Tovar | 39.3 | 531,400 |
| ✔ | | William Mundell | 30.7 | 416,099 |
| ✔ | | Shea Stanfield | 30.0 | 406,044 |
| Total votes: 1,353,543 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bridget Bellavigna (D)
- Paul Newman (D)
- John Dougherty III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission (3 seats)
Eric Sloan, incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson, and James O'Connor advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona Corporation Commission on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Sloan | 50.7 | 516,786 | |
| ✔ | | Lea Marquez Peterson | 44.8 | 456,065 |
| ✔ | | James O'Connor (Write-in) | 4.5 | 45,544 |
| Total votes: 1,018,395 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Farnsworth (R)
- Kim Owens (R)
- Neil DeSanti (R)
- Nick Myers (R)
- Avery Block (R)
- Patrick Tucker (R)
- Boyd Dunn (R)
- Roger Pencek (R)
Campaign finance
2012
A total of three seats were up for election on the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2012. Newman ran for re-election to his seat, while incumbent Sandra Kennedy and Marcia Busching also ran in the August 28 Democratic primary.[5] Newman was defeated in the general election on November 6, 2012.[2]
| Arizona Corporation Commission General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Paul Newman Incumbent | 15.5% | 868,726 | |
| Democratic | Sandra Kennedy Incumbent | 15.4% | 862,876 | |
| Democratic | Marcia Busching | 13.8% | 776,472 | |
| Republican |  Bob Stump Incumbent |
17.5% | 979,034 | |
| Republican | Robert Burns |
16.8% | 943,157 | |
| Republican | Susan Bitter Smith |
16.7% | 935,575 | |
| Libertarian | Christopher Gohl | 2% | 112,490 | |
| Green | Daniel Pout | 1% | 58,607 | |
| Green | Thomas Meadows | 1.2% | 67,950 | |
| Write-in | Various | 0.1% | 3,784 | |
| Total Votes | 5,608,671 | |||
| Election results via Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
| Arizona Corporation Commission-Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Sandra Kennedy Incumbent |
36.4% | 194,670 | ||
| Paul Newman Incumbent |
32.8% | 175,580 | ||
| Marcia Busching |
30.3% | 162,292 | ||
| Write-in | 0.5% | 2,838 | ||
| Total Votes | 535,380 | |||
| Election results via The Arizona Secretary of State. | ||||
Incumbent Bob Stump, Bob Burns and Susan Bitter Smith ran in the Republican primary. Newman lost in the general election on November 6, 2012.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paul Newman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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- Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 1998, 1996
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Arizona Corporation Commission, "Biography," accessed September 18, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arizona Secretary of State, "Election Results 2012," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Paul Newman for Arizona, "Bio," accessed August 24, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Arizona Star Net, "Candidate bio: Paul Newman," accessed September 26, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 primary election candidates," accessed May 30, 2012
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