Prediction: AZ Secretary of State Adrian Fontes will run for higher office

And for my next prediction, I'll go out on a limb and predict that Cheeto will cheat at golf.

OK, not too far out on that limb. :)

Anyway, I've got a couple of reasons for believing that.

1. It's not an absolute, but in AZ, statewide office is considered a steppingstone on the path to higher office (higher statewide office or a federal office).

Except for State Mine Inspector.  I can't remember the last time one of them sought higher office.

2. He's raising his national profile.  This morning he appeared on NBC's Meet The Press and wasn't reticent there.

From CNBC -

Threatening U.S. election officials is ‘domestic terrorism,’ 

says Arizona’s Secretary of State

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is calling out threats against this country’s election officials as “domestic terrorism.”

“One of the ways that I have been looking at this and addressing this is telling the really hard truth, and that is this: Threats against elections officials in the United States of America is domestic terrorism,” Fontes said in a Sunday interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He defined terrorism as “a threat or violence for a political outcome.” “That’s what this is,” Fontes said.

From Rolling Stone -

State Election Officials Speak About Rising Threats:

 

‘This Is Domestic Terrorism’

FOUR SECRETARIES OF state are speaking out about the threats they receive regularly simply for doing their jobs, thanks in large part to election denialism perpetuated by Donald Trump and members of the Republican Party.

“Threats against elections officials in the United States of America is domestic terrorism. Terrorism is defined as a threat or violence for a political outcome. That’s what this is,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said on Meet the Press. He spoke as part of a panel of four secretaries of state who appeared on the show Sunday.

From The Hill -

Arizona secretary of state decries threats to election officials as ‘domestic terrorism’

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, decried rising threats to election officials as “domestic terrorism,” and said that he and other offices are working with law enforcement nationwide to handle the issue.

“And I think back to what we were talking about just a moment ago, one of the ways that I have been looking at this and addressing this is telling the really hard truth,” Fontes said during his appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” part of a recorded episode that will air on Sunday.