Mark Finchem, a four-term Arizona state representative and a Republican, said that he is running for secretary of state because he couldn’t swallow the 2020 election and do nothing. “Elections belong to the people, not the government,” Finchem told The Epoch Times. “When people give their consent to be governed, they do not surrender their right to hold the government accountable for counting the vote.” “Yet, it seemed like there was this growing number of political types that wanted the people to sit down and shut up. Well, I’m just not that kind of guy.” A vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and an advocate for election integrity, Finchem was endorsed by Trump in Sept. 2021. Trump said, “Mark was willing to say what few others had the courage to say.” During the Trump “Save America” rally in Florence, Arizona, on Jan. 15, Finchem told the audience, “Ladies and …
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