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Trump loyalist who embraces voter fraud claims WINS bid to take over elections in Arizona:

• https://www.dailymail.co, By ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Arizona lawmaker endorsed by Donald Trump and backs his election fraud claims won the primary Tuesday for the top elections post in the presidential battleground.

Mark Finchem beat three other GOP candidates in the race for secretary of state. 

His challengers included another candidate who repeated Trump's false claims that he lost the 2020 presidential election because of fraud, a longtime state lawmaker and a businessman endorsed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.

Finchem, who attended Trump's January 6, 2021, rally that preceded the Capitol riot, has said he only intends to ensure that election laws are followed to address concerns by many Republicans about how elections are run. 

He tried to get the legislature to overturn the 2020 election results and has spoken about making major changes to election rules that are written by the secretary.

Arizona's was the most high-profile secretary of state's race in Tuesday's primaries. In Kansas, the top state elections official beat back a far-right challenger who promoted conspiracy theories, while in Washington voters were choosing from a mix of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated candidates in that state´s top-two primary.


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