Alexander Kolodin wins Republican primary for Arizona secretary of state

Alexander Kolodin has won the Republican primary for Arizona secretary of state, according to an Associated Press race call on Tuesday night.

Kolodin beat former Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda. He will go on to face incumbent Democrat Adrian Fontes in the general election.

Kolodin is a state legislator and attorney who played a part in multiple lawsuits trying to challenge election results in 2020 and 2022, but has skirted away from that topic during this campaign.

As a lawmaker, Kolodin also sought to make election integrity his calling card. Kolodin was the sponsor of a bill to increase voter ID requirements in Arizona, a proposal that the state’s voters will ultimately decide on the ballot in November.

Critics warn Kolodin’s requirement for voters to show ID before voting would decimate the state’s popular mail voting system.

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Swoboda is a former elections worker. She’s also a former Democrat turned Republican — and an ally of President Donald Trump.

Swoboda had garnered Trump’s support in the past, including her successful campaign for state party chair. She also briefly earned the president’s endorsement when she declared as a candidate in Arizona's 1st Congressional District.

However, Swoboda later abandoned her congressional campaign to run for secretary of state, though she never received Trump’s endorsement in this race.

Swoboda argued running the Secretary of State’s Office should be an administrative role, and accused both Kolodin and Fontes of being too partisan and too political.