Mark Finchem

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Mark Finchem
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 11

Recent elections

Office

Arizona State Senate District 1

Date Elected

November 5, 2024

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Kalamazoo Central High School

Associate

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Other

Southwest Michigan Regional Police Academy

Contact

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Mark Finchem (Republican Party) is a member-elect of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 1. He assumes office on January 13, 2025.

Finchem (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 1. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Finchem was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1975.[1][2] He graduated from the Southwest Michigan Regional Police Academy in 1982 and received an associate degree in criminal justice from Kalamazoo Valley Community College in 1986.[2][3]

Finchem worked for the Kalamazoo, Michigan, department of public safety for 21 years as a firefighter, paramedic, and public safety officer. After retiring in 1999 and moving to Arizona, Finchem worked as a senior sales manager at Intuit, a real estate broker, a personal development coach, and a vice president of Clean Power Technologies LLC. Finchem received a bachelor's degree in government administration from Grand Canyon University in 2019.[3][4]

As of 2015, Finchem was the Arizona coordinator for the Coalition of Western States.[5][6]

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 1

Mark Finchem defeated Mike Fogel in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem (R)
 
64.6
 
56,289
Image of Mike Fogel
Mike Fogel (D)
 
35.4
 
30,824

There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 87,113
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 1

Mike Fogel advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 1 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Fogel
Mike Fogel
 
100.0
 
17,334

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,334
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 1

Mark Finchem defeated incumbent Ken Bennett and Steve Zipperman in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 1 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem
 
48.4
 
26,660
Image of Ken Bennett
Ken Bennett Candidate Connection
 
33.3
 
18,356
Image of Steve Zipperman
Steve Zipperman Candidate Connection
 
18.3
 
10,081

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 55,097
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Finchem received the following endorsements.

2022

Secretary of State

See also: Arizona Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona Secretary of State

Adrian Fontes defeated Mark Finchem in the general election for Arizona Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Adrian Fontes
Adrian Fontes (D) Candidate Connection
 
52.4
 
1,320,619
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem (R)
 
47.6
 
1,200,411

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,521,030
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Secretary of State

Adrian Fontes defeated Reginald Bolding in the Democratic primary for Arizona Secretary of State on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Adrian Fontes
Adrian Fontes Candidate Connection
 
52.5
 
302,681
Image of Reginald Bolding
Reginald Bolding
 
47.5
 
273,815

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 576,496
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Secretary of State

Mark Finchem defeated Beau Lane, Shawnna Bolick, and Michelle Ugenti-Rita in the Republican primary for Arizona Secretary of State on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem
 
42.6
 
329,884
Image of Beau Lane
Beau Lane Candidate Connection
 
23.4
 
181,058
Image of Shawnna Bolick
Shawnna Bolick Candidate Connection
 
19.3
 
149,779
Image of Michelle Ugenti-Rita
Michelle Ugenti-Rita
 
14.8
 
114,391

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 775,112
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

State House

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022

Mark Finchem was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent Bret Roberts and incumbent Mark Finchem defeated Felipe Perez and Wade Murphy in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bret Roberts
Bret Roberts (R)
 
34.7
 
68,805
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem (R)
 
34.4
 
68,101
Image of Felipe Perez
Felipe Perez (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.9
 
61,245
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Wade Murphy (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
42

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 198,193
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Felipe Perez advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Felipe Perez
Felipe Perez Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
24,875

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,875
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mark Finchem and incumbent Bret Roberts advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem
 
53.7
 
25,762
✔
Image of Bret Roberts
Bret Roberts
 
46.3
 
22,205

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 47,967
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Bret Roberts and incumbent Mark Finchem defeated Hollace Lyon and Marcela Quiroz in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bret Roberts
Bret Roberts (R)
 
28.2
 
48,697
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem (R)
 
28.1
 
48,563
Image of Hollace Lyon
Hollace Lyon (D)
 
22.0
 
37,992
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Marcela Quiroz (D)
 
21.6
 
37,265

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 172,517
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Hollace Lyon and Marcela Quiroz defeated Barry McCain in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Hollace Lyon
Hollace Lyon
 
42.6
 
12,374
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Marcela Quiroz
 
42.2
 
12,283
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Barry McCain
 
15.2
 
4,420

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,077
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mark Finchem and Bret Roberts defeated Howell Jones in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem
 
43.9
 
18,977
✔
Image of Bret Roberts
Bret Roberts
 
37.6
 
16,246
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Howell Jones
 
18.6
 
8,030

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 43,253
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.[7]

Incumbent Mark Finchem and incumbent Vince Leach defeated Corin Hammond in the Arizona House of Representatives District 11 general election.[8][9]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 11 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mark Finchem Incumbent 36.41% 52,509
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Vince Leach Incumbent 34.12% 49,209
     Democratic Corin Hammond 29.47% 42,511
Total Votes 144,229
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Corin Hammond ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 11 Democratic Primary.[10]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Corin Hammond  (unopposed)


Incumbent Mark Finchem and incumbent Vince Leach were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 11 Republican Primary.[11]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 11 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mark Finchem Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Vince Leach Incumbent

2014

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Holly Lyon was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mark Finchem and Vince Leach defeated Jo Grant in the Republican primary. Finchem and Leach defeated Lyon and write-in candidate Barry McCain (D) in the general election.[12][13][14][15]

Arizona House of Representatives District 11, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Finchem 37.3% 36,732
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngVince Leach 34.8% 34,274
     Democratic Holly Lyon 27.8% 27,392
     Democratic Barry McCain (Write-In) 0% 49
Total Votes 98,447


Arizona House of Representatives, District 11 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngVince Leach 41.8% 15,596
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Finchem 36.5% 13,584
Jo Grant 21.7% 8,087
Total Votes 37,267

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mark Finchem did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Mark Finchem did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark Finchem did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Finchem submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:[2]

“ Somewhere along the way government has come by the idea that every nook and cranny of life should be taxed; that there are bureaucrats who know better how to live our lives than we do. I stand for personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt-free future. Government has a bias to slip into mismanagement, it is my belief it must constantly be refreshed with new talent and personalities.[16] ”

Campaign finance summary

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Mark Finchem campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arizona State Senate District 1Won general$228,898 $83,971
2022Arizona Secretary of StateLost general$2,477,254 $2,489,657
2020Arizona House of Representatives District 11Won general$72,413 N/A**
2018Arizona House of Representatives District 11Won general$87,582 N/A**
2016Arizona House of Representatives, District 11Won $31,787 N/A**
2014Arizona State House, District 11Won $40,340 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Finchem was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Finchem was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Federalism, Property Rights and Public Policy, Vice chair
• Judiciary and Public Safety
• Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Finchem served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Mark Finchem 2014 campaign website, "About Mark," archived June 14, 2014
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on June 10, 2014
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Mark Finchem," accessed October 3, 2022
    4. ↑ [https://votefinchem.com/about/ Mark Finchem 2022 campaign website, "Meet Mark Finchem," accessed October 3, 2022
    5. ↑ Coalition of Western States, "Press Release," December 11, 2015
    6. ↑ OPB, "GOP Politicians Planned And Participated In Key Aspects Of Refuge Occupation," March 16, 2016
    7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
    8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
    9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
    10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
    11. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
    12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
    13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 27, 2014
    14. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
    15. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
    16. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA

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