Political Quotes

Adrian Fontes

The Public Record

American politician

Quotes by year · 2021–202651 total · peak 2026 (30)
2021: 2 quotes2022: 5 quotes2023: 5 quotes2024: 5 quotes2025: 4 quotes2026: 30 quotes

★ Featured Quote

October 1, 2026

This is a screaming success of a government program run in a bipartisan way.

— Adrian Fontes

Most widely reported

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  1. This should not be a partisan issue. That’s the hill that I’m willing to die on.26 sources2026ncnewsline.com
  2. The one chance citizens get, the one chance the governed get to keep us in our place, is being the most heavily regulated.7 sources2026ncnewsline.com
  3. They don’t work with us, they work against us,” Fontes told Votebeat. “Why should I trust them?5 sources2026salon.com
  4. They just wholly and completely abandoned their duties and threatened prosecution,” Fontes said. “If they want to apologize for threatening us and ruining perfectly good systems, that’s a good start.4 sources2026salon.com
  5. Arizona election officials have always worked to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote, and we will continue following Arizona law—not directions that come from political rhetoric or intimidation.2 sources2026cbsnews.com
Oct 1, 2026

When you’re making it less convenient for voters, you’re reducing their access.

azmirror.com
Sep 3, 2026

I remain confident that states will carry out safe, secure, and accessible elections for every eligible voter, despite the loss in federal support.

npr.org
Sep 3, 2026

DHS is actively sabotaging elections by not funding these programs.

npr.org
Aug 31, 2026

He would have thought he was serving his political masters in Washington, D.C., by doing that.

azmirror.com
Aug 31, 2026

You’re like the arsonist who causes the fire and then says you’re going to come in and cure things.

azmirror.com
Aug 31, 2026

What I’d like to do is invite Alex Kolodin to just give straight answers to questions. This isn’t, like, a show. This is serious. Arizona voters need to see who you really are, not the prepared, canned answers.

azmirror.com
Aug 19, 2026

They just wholly and completely abandoned their duties and threatened prosecution,” Fontes said. “If they want to apologize for threatening us and ruining perfectly good systems, that’s a good start.

salon.com
Aug 19, 2026

They don’t work with us, they work against us,” Fontes told Votebeat. “Why should I trust them?

salon.com
Aug 19, 2026

‘I don’t trust you,’ [Fontes told the CISA officials.] ‘Your boss came out there and said: We are going to criminalize the work you do. Why should we trust you?’

salon.com
Aug 17, 2026

If they want to apologize for threatening us and ruining perfectly good systems, that’s a good start.

newjerseymonitor.com
Aug 14, 2026

“This should not be a partisan issue. That’s the hill that I’m willing to die on,” he said during that panel.

arkansasadvocate.com
Aug 14, 2026

The one chance citizens get, the one chance the governed get to keep us in our place, is being the most heavily regulated.

ncnewsline.com
Aug 14, 2026

This should not be a partisan issue. That’s the hill that I’m willing to die on.

ncnewsline.com
Jul 25, 2026

What Donald Trump did last night was validate everything we’ve done for the past several years.

azmirror.com
Jul 21, 2026

Our responsibility is to follow the facts, not political rhetoric.

theguardian.com
Jul 20, 2026

Markwayne Mullin doesn’t know what he’s doing, and neither does the DOJ given they’re 0-for-15.

azmirror.com
Jul 20, 2026

Markwayne Mullin can go suck on a salt lick.

azmirror.com
Jul 10, 2026

Today’s ruling affirms that the overwhelming majority of those common-sense protections are lawful and appropriate.

azmirror.com
Jul 10, 2026

It is irresponsible and dangerous that this Administration remains dead set on causing chaos for our election officials across this country.

theguardian.com
Jul 8, 2026

Arizona election officials have always worked to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote, and we will continue following Arizona law—not directions that come from political rhetoric or intimidation.

cbsnews.com
Jul 8, 2026

It is insulting to insinuate that the good people at our county recorders' offices across the state are not doing their jobs correctly.

cbsnews.com
Jul 8, 2026

The suggestion that Arizona election officials are failing to do their jobs is simply not supported by the facts.

cbsnews.com
Jun 29, 2026

The current process is confusing to voters and results in some voter applications being totally rejected because of which form they use.

azmirror.com

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