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							| Jim O’Connor |  |  
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																	Republican 
																	member of 
																	the Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission. 
																	He assumed 
																	office on 
																	January 4, 
																	2021. His 
																	current term 
																	ends on 
																	January 6, 
																	2025. 
																	O'Connor ran 
																	for election 
																	to the 
																	Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission. 
																	He won in 
																	the general 
																	election on 
																	November 3, 
																	2020. |  |  
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																	| Former Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission 
																	Lawyer 
																	Threatens 
																	Lawsuit 
																	Alleging 
																	Discrimination, 
																	Retaliation |  
																	| "The Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission’s 
																	former top 
																	attorney is 
																	threatening 
																	to sue the 
																	agency over 
																	allegations 
																	that some 
																	commissioners 
																	and staff 
																	engaged in a 
																	pattern of 
																	retaliation 
																	and race and 
																	gender-based 
																	discrimination. 
																	An attorney 
																	for Robin 
																	Mitchell, 
																	who was 
																	director of 
																	the 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission’s 
																	Legal 
																	Division 
																	since 2018, 
																	sent a 
																	notice of 
																	claim to the 
																	agency last 
																	week, 
																	alleging 
																	three 
																	Republican 
																	commissioners 
																	have 
																	systematically 
																	attempted to 
																	remove 
																	non-white 
																	staff 
																	members from 
																	leadership 
																	positions. 
																	According to 
																	the letter, 
																	four of the 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission’s 
																	seven 
																	divisions 
																	were led by 
																	non-white 
																	directors 
																	before the 
																	commission, 
																	under the 
																	leadership 
																	of 
																	Republican 
																	Chairman Jim 
																	O’Connor, 
																	underwent a 
																	staff 
																	shakeup last 
																	year." |  
																	| May 13, 2024 |  
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																	| Arizona 
																	GOP Chairman 
																	Contender 
																	Asked County 
																	Supervisors 
																	Not To 
																	Certify 2022 
																	Election |  
																	| "Jim 
																	O’Connor, 
																	chairman of 
																	the Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commission, 
																	sent an 
																	email to 
																	Maricopa 
																	County 
																	supervisors 
																	on Nov. 27, 
																	2022, asking 
																	them to 
																	delay 
																	certifying 
																	the 
																	election. 
																	Maricopa 
																	County 
																	provided the 
																	email to 
																	Votebeat in 
																	response to 
																	a public 
																	records 
																	request. 
																	“Please look 
																	over the 
																	attached and 
																	allow reason 
																	and prudence 
																	to lead you 
																	all to delay 
																	certification 
																	of your 
																	County 
																	canvass 
																	until all 
																	the facts 
																	come to 
																	light,” 
																	O’Connor 
																	wrote, 
																	asserting 
																	that he had 
																	attached 
																	evidence 
																	that the 
																	county’s 
																	voting 
																	equipment 
																	wasn’t 
																	properly 
																	certified." |  
																	| Jan. 26, 
																	2024 |  
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																	| Arizona 
																	Corporation 
																	Commissioner 
																	Jim O'Connor 
																	Ethics 
																	Complaint |  
																	| "The 
																	Secretary of 
																	State's 
																	Office is 
																	writing to 
																	file an 
																	ethics 
																	complaint 
																	against 
																	Commissioner Jim 
																	O'Connor. 
																	As outlined 
																	below, our 
																	Office 
																	believes 
																	that 
																	Commissioner 
																	0 'Connor 
																	improperly 
																	used his 
																	official 
																	role on the 
																	Arizona 
																	C01poration 
																	Commission 
																	("Commission") 
																	in an 
																	attempt to 
																	advance his 
																	personal 
																	beliefs 
																	about 
																	Arizona's 
																	elections. 
																	Commissioner 
																	O'Connor's 
																	actions seek 
																	to undermine 
																	the 
																	integrity of 
																	Arizona's 
																	elections, 
																	and we 
																	respectfully 
																	request that 
																	the 
																	Conm1ission 
																	investigate 
																	whether 
																	Commissioner 
																	O'Connor 
																	violated its 
																	Code of 
																	Ethics and 
																	Code of 
																	Conduct. " |  
																	| October 20, 
																	2022 |  
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																	| In Case 
																	There Was 
																	Any Doubt, 
																	Corporation 
																	Commissioner 
																	Jim O’Connor 
																	Is A Member 
																	Of The Anti 
																	Reality 
																	Fringe |  
																	| May 10, 2021 |  
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																	| Regulator 
																	Shares 
																	Discredited 
																	Conspiracy 
																	Theories 
																	About COVID |  
																	| May 7, 2021 |  
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																	| Jim 
																	O’Connor’s 
																	Leadership 
																	Raises AZGOP 
																	Questions |  
																	| Dec. 29, 
																	2016 |  
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