Incumbent
Arizona Secretary of State Republican nominee?
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JUL 22, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleState Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderMale
LocationArizona
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BackgroundAttorney
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
Notable personal detailsAlexander (Alex) Kolodin is an American lawyer and Republican politician who has served in the Arizona House of Representatives from Legislative District 3 since 2023. He has worked as an election lawyer in Arizona and has sponsored election-related legislation and other measures in the state legislature. He is a Georgetown University graduate and earned a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife and two children.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Kolodin has sponsored a proposal to reduce Arizona's individual income tax rate from 2.5% to 2.0%, which would lower state revenue. He has also sponsored property-tax relief measures, including a combat veterans exemption and a proposal affecting local tax and fee structures.
Healthcare
Kolodin’s documented healthcare-related actions emphasize medical freedom and limiting licensing constraints. He sponsored legislation exempting basic first aid and other low-acuity activities from medical licensing requirements, and backed a bill aimed at making it harder to obtain guardianships labeled as medical kidnapping.
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Immigration & Border
Alexander Kolodin has sponsored legislation encouraging border-wall construction through state tax credits for land used by the federal government for an international boundary wall. He has also sponsored a measure emphasizing documentary proof of citizenship in Arizona voter registration, reflecting a broader hardline enforcement posture rather than a humanitarian immigration approach.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Kolodin supports prohibiting taxpayer funding for abortion services except where required by federal law. He also supports a legislative referral to repeal Arizona Proposition 139, the constitutional right to abortion.
Climate & Energy
Kolodin’s publicly listed energy views emphasize deregulation, energy independence, and skepticism toward taxpayer support for electric-vehicle factory subsidies. He also frames water and resource policy around securing favorable terms and opposing certain corporate exemptions from Arizona water management laws.
Public Safety & Guns
Kolodin has sponsored legislation to remove suppressors, fully automatic firearms, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns from Arizona’s prohibited-weapons category. He has also backed measures limiting state cooperation with federal firearm regulation and protecting firearm ownership from additional state restrictions.
News
Alexander Kolodin is in the news amid federal election-related actions that could affect Arizona and other states ahead of the midterms. The White House removed all members of the Election Assistance Commission, and the Justice Department said it will send warning letters on voter-roll maintenance and deploy federal election monitors in Arizona. The reports point to growing federal involvement in election administration, though the summaries do not say Kolodin himself took a new public action.
Endorsements
Endorsers of Alexander Kolodin for Arizona Secretary of State Republican nominee?
Fraternal Order of Police
Elected official
Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Alexander Kolodin for Arizona secretary of state.
Chuck Gray
Elected official
Chuck Gray endorsed Alexander Kolodin for Arizona secretary of state.
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