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]
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]
- 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
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
