Former top Arpaio aide says he'll run for sheriff in 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — The former top aide to ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he will challenge incumbent Paul Penzone in Maricopa County's 2020 sheriff's race.
Jerry Sheridan, Arpaio's second-in-command in his last six years in office, said Tuesday that his 38 years with the sheriff's office give him the experience needed for leading the agency.
Sheridan said he doesn't worry that his association with Arpaio or his own legal problems will hurt his election chances.
Before Sheridan's retirement in late 2016, he and Arpaio faced heavy criticism in a lawsuit in which sheriff's deputies were found to have racially profiled Latinos in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants.
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