BREAKING: Democratic attorney Adrian Fontes has defeated Republican Mark Finchem to become Arizona's next secretary of state.
The winner is second in the line of succession for governor and has the power to upend how elections are handled, which could play an important role in the 2024 presidential contest.Finchem had campaigned as one of the most ardent election deniers nationally and has repeatedly said he would not have certified the 2020 election in which President Joe Biden beat former President Donald Trump.
The secretary of state also has the power to rewrite guidelines on where to put voting machines and could put policies in place that restrict access. Finchem has indicated that if he wins, he would fight to ban early voting as well as put strict limits on the use of mail-in voting.
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