House Member

Mark Finchem was born in Detroit Michigan and grew up for the most part in southwestern Michigan, a town known in stage and song as Kalamazoo. Upon graduation from high school there he joined the Kalamazoo Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic. In 1984, after graduating with High Honors with a degree in Criminal Justice, and 2nd in his class from the SW Regional Police Academy, he entered the combined service Public Safety Program. He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a BA in State and Local Public Policy - Summa Cum Laude, and is currently working to complete his Masters in Law and Economics at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers School of Law.

Mr. Finchem served 21 years as a Public Safety Officer providing emergency medical, fire suppression and law enforcement services. During much of his career in the Public Safety Department, Mr. Finchem was also a rancher living in the small hamlet of Delton Michigan. Upon retirement he moved to Tucson Arizona.

Once in Tucson, Mr. Finchem was hired by Intuit Inc., the makers of Quick Books small accounting software, where he received a world class business operations education and received his Six Sigma process improvement certification. After 7 years of work, he focused on balance between improving the consumer experience, and the company bottom line then Mr. Finchem left to start his own business.

Elected to represent the 11^th Legislative District in the 52^nd Arizona Legislature, Mr. Finchem as a Freshman introduced a line of constitutionally sound bills. These included a gold and silver bullion "legal tender", state level protection of public rights-of-way, repeal and replacement of Common Core and a state treasurers payment consolidation bill to streamline consumer interactions, reduce cost while improving efficiency.

Mr. Finchem can be best described as a man dedicated to serving God first, then the rights of man; a Constitutional originalist who's favorite USSC opinion language comes from Norton -v- Shelby County 118 us 425 442, 25 MAR 1886, "An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."