office in some key swing states still claim the 2020 election was stolen even though, obviously, it was not. more from cnn s tom foreman. reporter: as rioters raged inside the u.s. capitol, outside arizona state representative mark finchem was watching and tweeting. this is what happens when the people feel they have been ignored. and congress refuses to acknowledge rampant fraud. you begin to think racketeering, organized crime. reporter: now, the republican is running to become arizona s secretary of state with donald trump s endorsement. and he is keeping the big lie boiling with claims of fraud coast to coast. when i see the same kind of activity going on in multimillion states at the exact same time using the same tactics, that ain t no accident. reporter: secretaries of state are key-election officials in most places. democratic and republican secretaries alike played a critical role in defending joe biden s legitimate and legal defeat of trump in 2020. congratulation