Paul Newman

Paul Newman (born February 8, 1954) is a former member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Education He earned a B.A. in Behavioral and Social Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Master in Public Administration and a Master in Judicial Administration from University Southern California, and a Juris Doctor 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 state representative, 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 County Supervisor while living in Bisbee, Arizona. In 2008, during his second term as County Supervisor, he launched another campaign for the Arizona Corporation Commission and won. He lost re-election to the post in 2012.