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30 September
7:29 pm

He finds money in his office's budget to run World Cup ads for his reelection campaign with taxpayer money.

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Alexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

7:29 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific allegation that Secretary Fontes used taxpayer funds from his office's budget to run World Cup advertisements for his reelection campaign — a verifiable and potentially serious misuse of public funds claim.
What we foundFontes did run taxpayer-funded ads featuring himself during the 2026 election season, but sources confirm they were BallotTrax voter-information ads — not World Cup ads — and the office denies they served a reelection purpose.
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