{{Short description|American politician (born 1979)}} {{distinguish|Justin Olsen}}{{For|the United States district judge|Justin R. Olson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Justin Olson |image = Justin Olson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | caption = Olson in 2018 |state_house = Arizona |district = 10th |term_start = January 13, 2025 |alongside = Ralph Heap |term_end = |predecessor = Barbara Parker |successor = |office1 = Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission |term_start1 = October 17, 2017 |term_end1 = January 3, 2023 |predecessor1 = Doug Little |successor1 = Nick Myers |state_house2 = Arizona |district2 = 25th |term_start2 = January 14, 2013 |term_end2 = January 9, 2017 |predecessor2 = Manuel Alvarez |successor2 = Michelle Udall |state_house3 = Arizona |district3 = 19th |alongside3 = Kirk Adams |term_start3 = January 10, 2011 |term_end3 = January 14, 2013 |predecessor3 = Rich Crandall |successor3 = Mark Cardenas |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}} |birth_place = Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Arizona State University, Tempe (BS, MBA) |website = {{URL|votejustinolson.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Justin Olson'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/123766 |title= Justin Olson's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= December 30, 2013}}</ref> (born 1979) is an American politician who serves as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He previously was a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission and also represented District 25 in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 until 2017.<ref name="AL">{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=44&Legislature=51 |title=Justin Olson |publisher=Arizona State Legislature |location=Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate=December 30, 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is a member of the Republican Party.
==Early life and education== Olson was born in Mesa, Arizona. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justin Olson |website= Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records |url=https://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Legislators/Person/1555 |access-date=2025-04-19}}</ref>
== Career == Olson is a tax analyst who worked for the University of Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2017/10/17/ducey-appoints-justin-olson-utility-regulator-replace-doug-little/773333001/|title=Ducey appoints former lawmaker Justin Olson as Arizona utility regulator}}</ref> From 2011 to 2017, Olson served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 19th and 25th districts. On October 17, 2017, Governor Doug Ducey appointed Olson to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Corporation Commission.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Randazzo |first=Ryan |date=October 17, 2017|title=Ducey appoints former lawmaker Justin Olson as Arizona utility regulator |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2017/10/17/ducey-appoints-justin-olson-utility-regulator-replace-doug-little/773333001/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 24, 2017 |last=Randazzo |first=Ryan |title='Humbled by this responsibility': Olson sworn in as corporation commissioner |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2017/10/24/justin-olson-sworn-arizona-corporation-commission-member/782425001/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref> He was elected to a full term in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2018 |last=Randazzo |first=Ryan |title=Sandra Kennedy, Justin Olson apparent winners of Corp. Comm. race as Glassman concedes |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/14/arizona-corporation-commission-election-sandra-kennedy-justin-olson/2007661002/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref>
In October 2021, Olson declared his candidacy for the 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 13, 2021|title=Justin Olson enters crowded GOP field for US Senate race|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-business-elections-congress-63e7b63f120249359743b23d0c2e160e|access-date=October 16, 2021|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref> He lost the Republican primary to Blake Masters.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3585492-trump-backed-masters-to-face-mark-kelly-in-arizona-senate-race/|title = Trump-backed Masters to face Mark Kelly in Arizona Senate race|last = Manchester|first = Julia|newspaper = The Hill|date = August 3, 2022|accessdate = August 3, 2022}}</ref> In 2024, he ran for and won a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives.
==Elections== * 2016: Olson ran in the Republican primary for Arizona's 5th congressional district, losing to Andy Biggs. * 2014: Olson and Russell Bowers defeated Haydee Dawson, Michelle Udall and Jerry Walker in the Republican primary. Olson and Bowers defeated David Butler, Sheila Ogea, and Libertarian Michael Kielsky in the general election.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/General/Canvass2014GE.pdf|title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 9 |accessdate= March 18, 2016}}</ref> * 2012: Redistricted to District 25, and with incumbent Republican Representatives Peggy Judd leaving the Legislature and David Stevens redistricted to District 14, Olson and Justin Pierce were unopposed in the August 28, 2012, Republican primary; Pierce placed first, and Olson placed second with 18,392 votes;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 12 |accessdate= December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131112230133/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |archivedate= November 12, 2013 }}</ref> Pierce and Olson won the three-way November 6, 2012, general election, with Pierce taking the first seat and Olson taking the second seat with 48,335 votes against Democratic nominee David Butler.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 13 |accessdate= December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235642/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |archivedate= November 12, 2013 }}</ref> * 2010: When incumbent Republican representative Rich Crandall ran for Arizona Senate and left a District 19 seat open, Olson ran alongside incumbent representative Kirk Adams in the three-way August 24, 2010, Republican primary, placing first with 12,386 votes;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azsos.gov/election/2010/Primary/Canvass2010PE.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2010 Primary Election – August 24, 2010 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 13 |accessdate= December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920214102/http://azsos.gov/election/2010/Primary/Canvass2010PE.pdf |archivedate= September 20, 2013 }}</ref> in the three-way November 2, 2010, general election, Adams took the first seat, and Olson took the second seat with 31,583 votes against Democratic nominee Kit Filbey.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2010 General Election – November 2, 2010 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 9 |accessdate= December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920230737/http://azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |archivedate= September 20, 2013 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=44&Legislature=51 Official page]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the Arizona State Legislature * [http://www.votejustinolson.com/ Campaign site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208042343/http://www.votejustinolson.com/ |date=February 8, 2014 }} * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=123766 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Justin_Olson Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=144431 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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