Paul Newman (born February 8, 1954) is a former member of the

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Education

He earned a B.A. in Behavioral and Social Science from the

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, a Master in Public Administration and a Master in Judicial Administration from University Southern California, and a

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from California Western School of Law.

Career

Before moving to Arizona in 1988, he was an administrator, researcher, and consultant with the California court system where he served as Court Management Consultant for the National Center for State Courts, California Supreme Court, Los Angeles Municipal Court, Sacramento Municipal Court and San Diego Superior Court from 1976 through 1986. Newman served three terms as an Arizona

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, representing Santa Cruz, Greenlee, Cochise, and Graham counties from 1993-1998. In 1998 he ran for a seat on the three-member Arizona Corporation Commission, which is the state's utilities regulator. He lost to Republican Tony West. Subsequently, he was elected to as a Cochise

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while living in Bisbee, Arizona. In 2008, during his second term as County Supervisor, he launched another campaign for the

and won. He lost re-election to the post in 2012.

2008 Corporation Commission Race

During Newman's second campaign for Corporation Commission, in 2008, he and two other Democrats advanced past the

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. Along with Sam George and

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, Newman campaigned on bringing renewable solar energy to Arizona. Newman was endorsed by ''

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'' and the ''

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'' and by multiple elected officials such as Congressmen

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and

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. Newman and Kennedy ran as clean candidates under Arizona's

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system while George ran a traditional campaign. Under Arizona's Clean Elections system, the state is required to match funds raised by traditionally funded candidates up to a certain amount. The three were dubbed The Solar Team. George contributed nearly half a million dollars of his own money and pooled this money with Newman's and Kennedy's Clean Election funds. With this strategy, the Solar Team was able to run numerous television ads and post signs all over the state of

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. This brought more attention than normally paid to the Corporation Commission race. Although George donated much of his own money, only Newman and Kennedy won in the

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Later campaigns

Newman lost re-election to the commission in 2012. Newman sought re-election to the commission again in

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, but failed to collect sufficient nominating signatures. Newman is again seeking re-election to the commission in

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References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20090429205304/http://www.cc.state.az.us/commissioners/pnewman/default.asp *http://www.co.cochise.az.us/bos/dist2.htm
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Paul Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives County supervisors in Arizona Government of Cochise County, Arizona Government of Graham County, Arizona Government of Greenlee County, Arizona Government of Santa Cruz County, Arizona 1954 births Living people Jewish American state legislators in Arizona University of Maryland, College Park alumni 21st-century American Jews