Fontes and Kolodin clash over mail voting and election results as debate devolves into name-calling

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 1,172

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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In a heated debate full of name-calling and personal barbs, Republican Alexander Kolodin promised Arizonans that, as the state’s top election official, he would deliver election-night results — something that Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said was impossible.

During the hour-long Arizona Citizens Clean Elections debate, Kolodin, a state representative member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus and elections lawyer who has been sanctioned by the Arizona Supreme Court, …

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