Democrat Adrian Fontes was elected Arizona's secretary of state, the state's top election official, according to an AP race call. He defeated Mark Finchem, a prominent far-right election denier with ties to the Oath Keepers.
Democrat Adrian Fontes, who previously ran elections for Arizona's largest county, has been narrowly elected to oversee voting in the entire state as secretary of state, according to a race call by The Associated Press.the Oath Keepers, who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Democrats, current and former election officials and democracy experts made it clear leading up to the election that Finchem winning this down-ballot race could lead the state down a dark path. "Democracy as we know it may not survive in Arizona," former President Barack Obama warned during a pre-election rally for the state's Democratic slate.late Friday, makes Finchem the latest election denier to be defeated this cycle in a secretary of state race in a competitive state, following losses by Republican candidates in
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