Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem filed a notice of appeal after a judge rejected his election-related lawsuit challenging the results of the midterm elections.
Finchem, a Republican, trails Democrat Adrian Fontes in the Nov. 8 general election by about 120,000 votes, or around 5 percentage points. Earlier this month, he filed a lawsuit alleging misconduct by Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, asking a Maricopa County judge to carry out a do-over of the election.
