Arizona Republican Alexander Kolodin Wins GOP Nomination for Secretary of State
Kolodin, who backed voting restrictions and election-fraud claims, defeated Gina Swoboda and will challenge incumbent Democrat Adrian Fontes in November.
- On Tuesday, Arizona state representative Alex Kolodin won the Republican nomination for secretary of state, defeating Gina Swoboda and setting up a November general election against incumbent Democrat Adrian Fontes.
- Kolodin built his campaign on skepticism toward election administration, drawing on his history as a lawyer who challenged 2020 results and represented Republican 'fake electors' seeking to overturn Arizona's certified outcome.
- Polls showed Kolodin with a wide 44-20 lead over Swoboda, whom he accused of "carrying water" for Fontes, underscoring the GOP's shift toward candidates emphasizing past 2020 litigation efforts.
- Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer warned that Kolodin's rhetoric could complicate state-county coordination, noting the secretary's role as chief election spokesperson could "damage confidence" in the democratic process.
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GOP picks election denier Alexander Kolodin to challenge Adrian Fontes for secretary of state
State Rep. Alex Kolodin in May 2025. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)Far-right state lawmaker and election attorney Alexander Kolodin, who has backed President Donald Trump’s evidence-free election fraud claims, won the GOP nomination for Arizona secretary of state He defeated Gina Swoboda, the former Arizona Republican Party chairwoman and a veteran election administrator who avoided backing the unfounded election conspiracy theorie…
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