Joe Arpaio faces third comeback bid defeat in Arizona mayor race

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio misplaced a race to develop into the mayor of Fountain Hills, Arizona, in keeping with the unofficial tally of the election outcomes printed Wednesday, marking his third failed try to make a comeback within the political area.

The outcomes confirmed 90-year-old Arpaio misplaced by simply over 200 votes at 5,207 votes, or 49% of the votes forged. Mayor Ginny Dickey, obtained 5,420 votes, or 51%. The ultimate outcomes of the election, which have been held Aug. 2, was posted Wednesday. The outcomes are set to be canvassed Aug. 15, after which they may develop into official, in keeping with Fox 10.

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Arpaio acknowledged the leads to a press release to the Related Press, stating he wouldn't concede the race, and would talk about difficult the outcomes with a lawyer.

“I'm not saying I'm going to do it,” Arpaio stated of a doable authorized problem. “I’m not a lawyer. I simply need just a little data. In right now’s surroundings, a big share of the individuals are not proud of the best way the (election) system was working.”

Dickey, the incumbent, responded to the outcomes on social media with a fast "thanks!"

Arpaio has lived within the closely prosperous and Republican city of Fountain Hills for over twenty years and served as Maricopa County's sheriff for twenty-four years, earlier than his defeat in 2016. Arpaio ran for the Republican nomination within the state's U.S. Senate seat in 2018, however completed in third. Arpaio narrowly misplaced the Republican major in efforts to reclaim his outdated sheriff job in 2020. His bid for mayor was his third try at a political comeback.

"I can convey to Fountain Hills one factor: life expertise. I labored everywhere in the world, handled presidents, on and on. So I've life expertise, and I believe I've just a little widespread sense," Arpaio stated when he introduced his marketing campaign final 12 months. "Why I proceed? What would you like me to do? Go fishing? Go golfing? I don’t do something. My passion is figure. I've executed that my complete life. I’m not stopping now."

Arpaio was as soon as generally known as “America’s Hardest Sheriff," and made waves when he refused to observe a choose's order to cease visitors patrols that particularly focused unlawful immigrants. Former President Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio in 2017 after a choose dominated he was responsible of legal contempt of court docket.