Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor

[FredK]

Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not run for governor, announcing Monday that he will remain Maricopa County's top cop for at least two more years.

The decision ends months of speculation, much of it fueled by Arpaio himself, that he would resign from the Sheriff's
Office to run for the state's top elective office.

Arpaio's decision to remain sheriff was heavily influenced by the role the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors would play in naming his successor, potentially reshaping the Sheriff's Office.

Arpaio said he was being loyal to the office's longtime employees.

"I feel that I owe it to the people of Maricopa County, my hard-working employees and others who believe in my office's policies to continue as their Sheriff," Arpaio said in a statement.

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I hope Bo and Scooter can afford the next two years of stupidity from Joe and glad he did the rest of us a favor and decided to stay home.

[Phillbo]

Good to hear.. He would screw this place up royally as Gov...


I'm torn on his current career. I like his basic no nonsense approach to law enforcement but his media hound side does not sit right with me...

[Tommy]

let him blather all he wants as long as hes doing his job properly. stirring the pot to get the laws enforced is also part of his job.