Election Denier Alexander Kolodin Seeks to Run Arizona's Elections as Secretary of State
nytimes.com
An Ivy League lawyer who built a career challenging Arizona's elections now wants to run them — raising the question of whether oversight reforms or conflicts of interest follow.
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Theory Briefing
- Alexander Kolodin, an Ivy League-educated lawyer in Arizona's far-right legislature, is seeking the Secretary of State post that oversees the very elections he has contested.
- Kolodin has promoted election theories aligned with Trump and his administration, making his candidacy a test of whether past challenges disqualify or empower a would-be election chief.
- The race puts institutional trust at the center: voters must weigh whether an election skeptic running elections would reform the system or undermine confidence in it further.