RAW VIDEO: Accusations Fly in Contentious Fontes-Kolodin Debate

Fontes and Kolodin clash over mail voting and election results as debate devolves into name-calling

In a heated debate full of name-calling and personal barbs, Republican Alexander Kolodin promised Arizonans that, as the state’s top election official, he would deliver election-night results — something that Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said was impossible. During the hour-long Arizona Citizens Clean Elections debate, Kolodin, a state representative member of the far-right […]

'We're going to have a problem': Arizona secretary of state debate gets nasty as opponent tries to bait Adrian Fontes

Fontes and Kolodin clash in a tense second and final debate before early voting starts. Here's what voters learned.

Fontes, Kolodin trade jabs, then nearly real punches, in feisty debate

Adrian Fontes captured the night’s events in one perfect phrase: “American politics has been a bloodsport for 250 years.”

RAW VIDEO: Accusations fly in contentious Fontes-Kolodin debate

With Arizona’s midterm election approaching, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican challenger Alexander Kolodin faced off in a contentious debate. The candidates clashed over their experience, legal histories and fitness to oversee Arizona elections. Kolodin leveled a cartel-lawyer accusation against Fontes, who called it a lie and pushed back forcefully. The exchange underscored just how personal the race for Arizona’s top election of…

Fontes, Kolodin meet in final Secretary of State debate

Read Secretary of State Fontes Rips Kolodin to Shreds in Fiery Debate now from Blog for Arizona for Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint

Fontes repeatedly corrected Kolodin's misstatements. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes made the choice clear in his debate with Republican Alex Kolodin: voters can choose an election administrator who protects their access to the ballot, or a politician with a record of trying to overturn elections, restrict voting by mail, and spread claims that do…