Alexander Kolodin

Alexander Kolodin is an American lawyer and politician born in 1986 or 1987. He is a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing Legislative District 3, a position he has held since his election in 2022. Kolodin is also a member of the Arizona Freedom Caucus.

He is married and a father. In addition to his legislative role, Kolodin is a small business owner and has worked as an election lawyer in Arizona.

Education

Kolodin is a graduate of Georgetown University and Penn Law School. He was also a Reagan Fellow at the Goldwater Institute.

Political Experience

Kolodin has over a decade of experience practicing election law in Arizona. Early in his legal career in 2014, he litigated one of the first cases establishing that election-related metadata stored on central count computers constitutes public records.

He came to prominence for filing lawsuits to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona. In subsequent election cycles, he has pursued additional legal challenges related to election administration, including cases against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes regarding voter registration obligations.

In the 2022 election, Kolodin and Joseph Chaplik won a crowded primary, defeating former State Representative Darin Mitchell, and subsequently ran unopposed in the general election.

During his tenure in the legislature, Kolodin has focused on election reform and water policy. He negotiated and passed legislation addressing a water crisis affecting Arizona families. In 2024, he sponsored and passed a comprehensive 29-page election reform package that established legally binding rules for validating early voter identities, improved ballot chain of custody procedures, protected provisional ballot voters from disenfranchisement, and required public posting of election system audit logs.