GOP secretary of state hopeful Alex Kolodin won’t say Arizona elections are secure

By: Jim Small

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 1,155

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Alex Kolodin, the Republican running to be the state’s top election administrator as secretary of state, refused to say that Arizona’s elections are safe and secure in a candidate forum Monday on public television.

He dodged the question multiple times, instead declaring that Arizonans don’t have confidence in the state’s elections and blaming Adrian Fontes, the Democratic secretary of state, for turning Arizona elections from “a national model to a …

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