Jim Carruthers Explained

Jim Carruthers
State House4:Arizona
District4:5th
Term Start4:January 1997
Term End4:January 2003
Predecessor4:Pat Conner
State House5:Arizona
District5:24th
Term Start5:January 2003
Term End5:January 2005
Successor5:Russell L. Jones
Birth Date:4 December 1940[1]
Birth Place:Alamosa, Colorado
Nationality:American
Party:Republican
Spouse:Jaqueline
Residence:Yuma, Arizona
Profession:Politician

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. He was first elected to the House in November 1996, representing District 5,[2] and was re-elected to that same district in 1998 and 2000.[3] [4] After redistricting in 2002, he ran for re-election in District 24 and won.[5] [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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Carruthers' Biography . Project Vote Smart . April 18, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607093842/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12265/james-carruthers . live . June 7, 2013.
  2. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 . State of Arizona . December 4, 2018.
  3. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 . State of Arizona . December 12, 2018.
  4. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 . State of Arizona . December 12, 2018.
  5. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 . State of Arizona . December 27, 2018.
  6. Web site: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2002 . Ballotpedia . April 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506151946/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2002 . live . May 6, 2019.
  7. Web site: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2004 . Ballotpedia . April 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111810/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2004 . live . April 10, 2019.
  8. https://kyma.com/news/2020/09/03/james-jim-carruthers-former-awc-president-dies/ James “Jim” Carruthers, former AWC president dies

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