State Representative Alex Kolodin (R-Scottsdale), an election attorney, is running for Arizona Secretary of State against Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes.
He held a campaign fundraising event in north Scottsdale last week to explain his plan to bring back election integrity to the office.
Kolodin said, “That guy has been a nemesis of mine for half a day, in court more times than I can count, and he is the most smarmy, arrogant, lawless person I have ever encountered in my time in office or in court. I can’t tell you how many judicial opinions are out there saying that you flat out lied to the courts, over and over and over. ”
He added, “Judges are like, this guy’s just not correct. He’s just a bald-faced liar, and that’s exactly what he is; a charming, smarmy, little bald-faced liar.”
Kolodin warned that Fontes will have a lot of money, since the Democratic money group Arabella Advisors funnels money on behalf of Democrats.
“The head of the Democrats’ state is funded by foreign billionaires,” he said.
Kolodin explained due to the Arizona Legislature’s budget that just passed, “Fontes will also have millions of dollars in taxpayer money to register Democrat voters and illegals.”
He added later, “There are very few safeguards on that money to prevent him from doing what he’s announced he plans to do, which is to funnel money from his office to Democrat NGOs.” Although the legislature is considered the most conservative one in the state’s history, Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs would not sign the budget legislation without steep compromises.
Kolodin said to counteract it, Turning Point USA is going to use its own money — “they have about $40 million in the bank” — to register voters.
“Of course, they’re not going to go out and register voters funded as NGOs, but hey, we don’t need it perfectly fair fight to win, like I said in 2024, we just need it to be close enough to a level playing field that if we win by a lot, we can win by a little,” the state representative said.
