James O'Connor, better known by the name Jim O'Connor, is an American politician, elected to the

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in 2020. 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

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on rules to govern state investment pools. In 2024, O'Connor lost to Gina Swoboda in an election to become chairman of the

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. He received 33% of the vote to Swoboda's 67%.

Electoral history

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O'Connor ran for the Corporation Commission, losing the Republican primary to

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and Rodney Glassman. *

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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. O'Connor, along with Republican incumbent Lea Márquez Peterson and Democrat Anna Tovar were elected to the commission.

Comments on vaccines

On May 10, 2021 ''Business Insider'' reported that O'Connor claimed that the covid vaccine turns people into "potted plants". O'Connor 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."

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