‘Extremists didn’t make it’: why Republicans flopped in once-red Arizona The state rejected hardline rhetoric amid historic turnout by young and Latino voters The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2022
Election deniers performed especially poorly in races to oversee voting in key states Secretary of state candidates who deny the 2020 election results generally underperformed fellow Republicans on the ballot in a handful of competitive states. WEKU · Nov 19, 2022
Election-deniers lose in Arizona, Nevada Democrats win key races in Western states as election deniers go down — but Arizona governor's race undecided Salon · Nov 14, 2022
Adrian Fontes wins highly contested secretary of state in Arizona The former Marine beat Mark Finchem, an ex-member of Oath Keepers militia who was at the Capitol on January 6 The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2022
Adrian Fontes is elected Arizona secretary of state, beating election denier Finchem The Democrat narrowly beat Republican Mark Finchem, who has falsely called the 2020 election "irredeemably compromised." WEKU · Nov 12, 2022
AZ may be key to GOP election subversion With election deniers up and down the ballot, key voters don’t rank democracy as a big concern Salon · Nov 9, 2022
‘Democracy on the ballot’: the man fighting to keep Arizona’s election out of an extremist’s hands For Adrian Fontes, the secretary of state election is a battle for the ‘fate of the republic’ against his rightwing election-denying opponent, Mark Finchem The Guardian - US · Oct 26, 2022
The key races to watch in the 2022 US midterms Control of the Senate could hang on results in a handful of states while votes for governor and secretary of state could affect the conduct of future elections The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022
Adrian Fontes (D) and Mark Finchem (R) running for Arizona secretary of state Adrian Fontes (D) and Mark Finchem (R) are running for Arizona secretary of state on Nov. 8, 2022. Incumbent Katie Hobbs (D) is running for governor of Arizona. Ballotpedia · Oct 10, 2022
Mark Z. Barabak: 'It's a calling.' It's also scary. That's why so many election officials are quitting In the combustible days and weeks following the November 2020 election, Adrian Fontes was threatened so many times he lost count. Los Angeles Times · Mar 16, 2022