the team at reuters goes on to show how huge amounts of money are pouring into these secretary-of-state races in battleground states. secretary of state races usually do not get this kind of attention. but this year for some reason, these secretary of state races, which again, these are the people who run elections a the state level, they have somehow become the top priority elections for the republican party and specifically for donald trump s political operation. so how does that play out in a state like arizona where republicans there are now just two days away from proclaiming that the presidential election was all wrong and definitely stolen and really it looks to them like trump should have won. well, here s reuters today. quote, in arizona democratic secretary of state katie hobbs is running for governor, leaving her secretary of state seat open in an open race. she won by a single percentage point in 2018. both parties expect another extremely close race for secretary of stat
was all wrong and definitely stolen and really it looks to them like trump should have won. well, here is reuters today. quote, in arizona democratic secretary of state katie hobbs is running for governor, leaving her secretary of state seat open in an open race. she won by a single percentage point in 2018. both parties expect another extremely close race for secretary of state next year. trump last weaken endorsed mark finchum for arizona secretary of state, praising his, quote, powerful stance on the massive voter fraud. the state lawmakers now seen as a favorite in the republican primary for the secretary of state s race. quote, in addition to promoting voter fraud claims and calling for arizona to decertify biden s win, finchem has also expressed views linked to the qanon conspiracy theory which casts trump as a savior figure and elite democrats as a cabal of satan-worshipping pedophiles and cannibals.