Thread: Sheriff Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor

Sheriff Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor

by JJ Hensley - May. 3, 2010 01:02 PM
The Arizona Republic

Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not run for governor, announcing Monday that he and 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.

Had Arpaio resigned, county supervisors would have had to appoint a successor, just as they did when Rick Romley was named interim county attorney to fill former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' seat when Thomas resigned to run for attorney general.

The prospect of supervisors appointing Arpaio's successor, and the personnel changes that would follow in the Sheriff's Office, was too much for Arpaio to risk if he were to run for governor.

Arpaio has battled the supervisors and county administrators for the better part of two years over budget issues, and launched criminal investigations into two members of the Board of Supervisors, Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox.

Instead of running for governor, Arpaio will finish out his fifth term in office and begin preparing for a sixth sheriff's campaign in 2012.

Arpaio already has more than $2 million in campaign contributions, according to his political consultant.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/ ... or-ON.html

Good! Sherrif Joe made the right choice. He is most useful where he is at now.

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.

And there you have it. Lord ony knows who they'd pick just to spite the new 1070 law!

Yep! Glad that Sheriff Joe is staying put. He has far more power and ability to influence change there.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

Good! Sherrif Joe made the right choice. He is most useful where he is at now.

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.

And there you have it. Lord ony knows who they'd pick just to spite the new 1070 law!

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

Yep! Glad that Sheriff Joe is staying put. He has far more power and ability to influence change there.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

Good! Sherrif Joe made the right choice. He is most useful where he is at now.

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.

And there you have it. Lord ony knows who they'd pick just to spite the new 1070 law!

Thanks. I'm sure some will be dissapointed, but I feel every one is right where they need to be for now. Things are so precarious in AZ, why upset the apple cart any more??

Sheriff Joe is a smart guy and cares about his state and country. I trust that he will make his decisions with that in mind.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

Yep! Glad that Sheriff Joe is staying put. He has far more power and ability to influence change there.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

Good! Sherrif Joe made the right choice. He is most useful where he is at now.

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.

And there you have it. Lord ony knows who they'd pick just to spite the new 1070 law!

Thanks. I'm sure some will be dissapointed, but I feel every one is right where they need to be for now. Things are so precarious in AZ, why upset the apple cart any more??

Heard Gov. Brewer has a big bump in the polls since she signed the bill so this may have influenced his decision as well.

So now he can continue to do what he does best - enforce laws.

Originally Posted by jean

Heard Gov. Brewer has a big bump in the polls since she signed the bill so this may have influenced his decision as well.

So now he can continue to do what he does best - enforce laws.

I bet he feels Brewer is doing the job the way he would.
I bet Joe likes Brewer a lot.

I feel the change Americans are looking for.

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