Alexander Kolodin Archives

Arizona Election Morning Briefing, 11-3

November 3, 2026 8:57 amNovember 3, 2026 8:58 am

Happy Election Day! All our problems will go away once this is over. •KOLODIN WANTS AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO GET VOTERS TO THE POLLS–State Reps. Alexander Kolodin and Cody Reim formally asked Maricopa County supervisors Monday morning to declare a...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-30: Republican Turnout Down, an “Ordinary Husband and Wife” Endorsement, and a Kearny Hiring Whoopsie

October 30, 2026 7:50 amNovember 1, 2026 6:18 am

•REPUBLICANS SHOW CONCERN IN LEAKED CALL –The Arizona Mirror obtained audio of a private Republican campaign call involving Andy Biggs, Sine Kerr, Warren Petersen, Alexander Kolodin and congressional candidate Jay Feely. Kolodin warned that Republican early-ballot returns weren’t meeting expectations....

Arizona Morning Briefing 10-20: Feely and Sinema Are Friends, Hermes Changes His Abortion Tune, ACLU Is Totally “Nonpartisan in SecState race, and More

October 20, 2026 8:34 amOctober 22, 2026 8:52 am

•SINEMA HAS THE FEELY–Republican Congressional candidate Jay Feely told the Arizona Republic that former Senator Krysten Sinema is supporting his campaign. This follows mid-month reports that Sinema was talking up Feely among business leaders. She hasn’t given him money or...

Arizona Morning Politics Briefing: Mendoza’s Property-Tax Credits, a Gubernatorial Spat Over Sales Tax, Ralph Heap In Another Heap of Trouble…And More

August 14, 2026 7:20 amAugust 18, 2026 12:26 pm

“Politics ain’t beanbag,” the late Chicago mayor Harold Washington once said, but sometimes it does feel a bit like beanbag, or like weasels in a sack fighting over a scrap of meat. Here are some of the dramas playing out...

Arizona Morning Roundup: Fontes Loses in Court, Feuds With Kolodin; What Was a Green Candidate Doing for Ralph Heap?

August 13, 2026 7:46 amAugust 18, 2026 12:26 pm

The Morning Roundup radar was blipping all over this morning during our first cup of coffee with three juicy items that had us happy to be alive: •On the more serious side, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes lost a ballot...

CAMPAIGN PREVIEW: Fontes, Kolodin Frame SOS Race as Election Trust Battle

August 12, 2026 8:01 am

Arizona voters will choose between two sharply different approaches to election administration when Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes faces Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin in November. The state’s Aug. 6 canvass of the primary election formally advanced the candidates...

Freedom Caucus Members Chaplik, Kolodin Snubbed for Leadership

November 20, 2024 6:00 amNovember 28, 2024 8:36 am

The election of Representative Steve Montenegro (R-29) as Speaker of the Arizona House continues to spark internal debates within the Arizona Republican Party. The release of the new Speaker’s Committee assignments has amplified the discord. Most notably, the selections exclude Montenegro’s...