⁍ The 88-year-old lawman was unseated in the 2016 sheriff’s race by a Democratic challenger and was trounced in a 2018 U.S. Senate race.


⁍ He has vowed to bring back things that the courts have either deemed illegal or his successor has done away with.


⁍ ‘I’m telling you right now: I am going to do 90% of what I did during my 24 years,’ Arpaio said.


– Joe Arpaio is trying to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years, facing his former second-in-command in the Aug. 4 Republican primary in what has become his second comeback bid. The 88-year-old lawman, who was unseated in the 2016 sheriff’s race by a Democratic challenger and was trounced in a 2018 US Senate race, has based much of his campaign around his support for President Trump. “I’m telling you right now: I am going to do 90% of what I did during my 24 years,” Arpaio tells the AP. “That’s the way it’s going to be.” Arpaio and his former second-in-command, Jerry Sheridan, are considered front-runners in the Aug. 4 Republican primary. Glendale Officer Mike Crawford and Mesa security guard Lehland Burton also are seeking the Republican nomination. The winner will go to face Democrat Paul Penzone, who crushed Arpaio in 2016 and is running unopposed in his primary.



Source: https://apnews.com/4ca10f3a6316f149c61a9179bfa5e080