Andy Tobin
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| Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission |
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Assumed office January 4, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Susan Bitter Smith |
| 51st Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives | |
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In office April 29, 2011 – January 12, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Kirk Adams |
| Succeeded by | David Gowan |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 1st district |
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In office January 2007 – January 12, 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Noel W. Campbell |
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Andrew M. Tobin June 27, 1958 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Paulden, Arizona, U.S. |
Andrew M. "Andy" Tobin (born June 27, 1958) is a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, appointed by Governor Doug Ducey following the resignation of Susan Bitter Smith. He also served in the Arizona House of Representatives from the state's 1st district and as former Speaker, beginning in 2011.
In 2014 Tobin ran for Arizona's 1st congressional district against incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D), who won with 52.6% of the vote. He previously served as the appointed director of the State Department of Insurance and Interim Superintendent of the state Department of Financial Institutions. He additionally served nine months as director of the Arizona Weights and Measures Department.
Tobin is running for reelection to the Corporation Commission, he won in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.
Tobin was born in 1958 as the second of six children in New York City to an Irish-American family. He is the son of a (now) retired New York City Police lieutenant. His grandparents immigrated from Ireland.
Tobin moved to Arizona in 1979, where he worked in banking and real estate lending for 13 years in the Phoenix metropolitan area. He moved to Dewey 16 years ago. He started his own employee benefit company, known as TLC Employee Benefits and Consulting. He specializes in insurance, marketing and public relations.
Tobin owned and operated a local Farmers Insurance agency for six years. He was also CEO of a local aerospace company employing 200 people for three years until 2003.
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