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Jim Carruthers

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Jim Carruthers
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 5th district
In office
January 1997 – January 2003
Preceded byPat Conner
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 24th district
In office
January 2003 – January 2005
Succeeded byRussell L. Jones
Personal details
Born(1940-12-04)December 4, 1940[1]
Alamosa, Colorado
DiedJuly 22, 2020(2020-07-22) (aged 79)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJaqueline
ResidenceYuma, Arizona
ProfessionPolitician

James R. Carruthers (December 4, 1940 – July 22, 2020) is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 1997 until January 2005. He served as the former president of Arizona Western College, from 1984 to 1997.[1] He was first elected to the House in November 1996, representing District 5,[2]: viii–ix  and was re-elected to that same district in 1998 and 2000.[3]: viii–ix [4]: viii–ix  After redistricting in 2002, he ran for re-election in District 24 and won.[5]: viii–ix [6] Due to Arizona's term limit law, he was unable to run for re-election in 2004.[7]

He died on July 22, 2020.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jim Carruthers' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2002". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2004". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  8. ^ James “Jim” Carruthers, former AWC president dies