Arizona voters on Tuesday will vote in a race featuring Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin and Democratic incumbent Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, while also deciding whether to add election rules Kolodin sponsored to the state constitution.
The state’s official canvass recorded 345,675 votes for Kolodin and 231,986 for Gina Swoboda in the July 21 Republican primary. Kolodin received 59.8% of their combined votes, calculated from the canvass totals. His campaign lists election security, voter choice, faster results, transparency and accountability among its priorities.
Proposition 144 would amend Arizona’s constitution. The official voter pamphlet says it would reaffirm that only U.S. citizens may register and vote, require government-issued identity documents before voting in each election, and let voters choose to have ballots tabulated at their voting location on Election Day.
Supporters argue the measure could improve election security and speed results. Opponents warn that the requirements could burden mail voters and local election offices. The League of Women Voters of Arizona says putting election procedures in the constitution could make future legislative updates harder. These are arguments in the voter pamphlet, not established effects.
Kolodin’s campaign biography describes him as an election lawyer and small-business owner. It says he graduated from Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and lives in Scottsdale with his wife and two children.
A signed consent agreement with the State Bar of Arizona records Kolodin’s conditional admission to professional-conduct violations and provides for an admonition and 18 months of probation. The agreement allows for possible early termination after one year if he completes its conditions. It discusses several election-related cases, including Bowyer v. Ducey. Separately, a federal court dismissed Bowyer, a suit that sought to invalidate Arizona’s 2020 general-election outcome. Arizona’s general election is scheduled for Nov. 3.
