| Carl Kunasek | |
| Office: | Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission |
| Term Start: | 1994 |
| Term End: | 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Tracey A. Bardorff |
| Successor: | Donald Lindholm |
| Office1: | President of the Arizona Senate |
| Term Start1: | 1987 |
| Term End1: | 1989 |
| Successor1: | Robert B. Usdane |
| State Senate2: | Arizona |
| District2: | 21st |
| Predecessor2: | Richard Kimball |
| Successor2: | Jerry Gillespie |
| Term Start2: | 1983 |
| Term End2: | 1989 |
| State House3: | Arizona |
| District3: | 30th |
| Alongside3: | James J. Sossaman |
| Predecessor3: | Stan Turley Jim L. Cooper |
| Successor3: | Mark Killian |
| Term Start3: | 1973 |
| Term End3: | 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Children: | Andy Kunasek (son) Karrin Taylor Robson (daughter) |
| Education: | Creighton University |
Carl James Kunasek is an American retired politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate.[1] From 1994 to 2001, he was chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Kunasek was born in 1932.[2] He graduated from Creighton University.
Kunasek was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1972. He was re-elected in 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1980. Kunasek was then a member of the Senate from 1983 to 1989, serving as President of the Senate from 1987 to 1989.[3] [4] He was defeated for re-election in the Republican primary in 1988 by Jerry Gillespie. In 1994, Kunasek was elected to head the Arizona Corporation Commission and remained in the position until 2001.
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