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.