Arizona Secretary of State Archives

Fontes Blasts Federal Election Agency–After Downplaying a Real Cyberattack

August 18, 2026 12:24 pmAugust 21, 2026 8:16 am

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes used a federal election security briefing Monday to publicly berate the Trump administration’s cybersecurity agency, telling officials “I don’t trust you.” But Fontes’s own handling of a real cyberattack on his office last year—one...

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...

Who’s Behind the Prop 318 Lookalike Website?

August 11, 2026 10:36 amAugust 12, 2026 4:43 pm

The Yes-on-Proposition 318 campaign says an unidentified opponent of the ballot measure built a website with a nearly identical name, URL and visual presentation, without identifying who paid for it. The campaign has filed a complaint with the Attorney General...

GOP SOS Primary Winner Kolodin Must Battle ‘Election Denier’ Label

July 24, 2026 9:05 amJuly 29, 2026 9:43 am

Republican voters made their choice Tuesday night, July 21, 2026, handing Alex Kolodin the Republican nomination for Arizona Secretary of State. Yet within minutes of the Associated Press calling the race, much of the national media had already decided how...