Secretary of State of Arizona
Adrian Fontes
Arizona Secretary of State (since January 2023)DINCUMBENT
- Race
- Secretary of State of Arizona
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Alexander Kolodin (R); Duwayne Collier (G)
- Research
- Basic
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Adrian Fontes is the incumbent Democratic Secretary of State, a Marine Corps veteran, former prosecutor and former Maricopa County Recorder, elected in 2022. His campaign focuses on protecting early voting and vote-by-mail, voter privacy and election funding.[1][2]
On the ballotSecretary of State
2026-11-03
| Adrian Fontes D | incumbent |
| Alexander Kolodin R | challenger |
| Duwayne Collier G | challenger |
Unopposed in the July 21, 2026 Democratic primary.
Biography
Adrian Fontes is the incumbent Democratic Secretary of State, a Marine Corps veteran, former prosecutor and former Maricopa County Recorder, elected in 2022. His campaign focuses on protecting early voting and vote-by-mail, voter privacy and election funding.[1][2]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Fontes was born in Nogales, Arizona, and lives in Phoenix.[3] He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1992 to 1996, then earned a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 1998 and a law degree from the University of Denver in 2000.[2][3]
As an attorney he worked as a prosecutor in the Denver district attorney's office and the Maricopa County Attorney's office, and he led the International Prosecution Unit at the Arizona Attorney General's Office.[2][3] He was Maricopa County Recorder before being elected Secretary of State in 2022, and he has held the office since January 2, 2023.[2][3]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2026-04-28 · A federal judge dismissed with prejudice, on April 28, 2026, the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's unredacted voter rolls; the dismissal granted Fontes's motion to dismiss. He had refused to sign two memoranda of understanding with the department.[4]
In their own words
Priorities
- Supporting Arizona's established voting methods, including early voting, vote-by-mail and in-person voting.[5]
- Protecting voter privacy; his survey says a judge ruled in his favor when the federal government sought private voter information.[5]
- Seeking more state and federal funding to modernize and secure election systems.[5]
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Arizona Secretary of State election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 2.Arizona Secretary of State election, 2026 — Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 3.Adrian Fontes - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 4.Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking Arizona voter rolls · AZFamily · 2026-04-28 News report
- 5.Arizona Secretary of State election, 2026 — Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words