I Won’t ‘Sit Down and Shut Up’: Mark Finchem on His Race for Arizona Secretary of State

I Won’t ‘Sit Down and Shut Up’: Mark Finchem on His Race for Arizona Secretary of State
Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem speaks at a rally in Iowa State Fairgrounds, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 9, 2021. Rachel Mummey/Reuters
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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.”