Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 13, 2026, this fireside chat features Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in conversation with Atlantic staff writer Yvonne Wingett Sanchez. As the country approaches the 2026 midterm elections, Fontes discusses Arizona’s efforts to safeguard election integrity, protect voters, and strengthen democratic trust.
This conversation was part of The Atlantic Across America event series. In 1857, The Atlantic’s founders wrote that their magazine would make a sincere and honest effort to represent and champion what they called “the American idea.” The Atlantic will visit all 50 states in a series of events where we will surface and engage with the most urgent, complex, and distinctly American questions of the moment in the places where they are unfolding.
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