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Deputy defeats sheriff for election -- and is promptly fired: report
https://www.nola.com ^ | 6/7/18

Posted on 06/07/2018 8:07:42 AM PDT by BBell

In the "What Did He Expect?" category, a deputy sheriff who defeated his boss for election was fired one minute after the polls closed. That means Sheriff-elect Mark Maggs of Bon Homme County, South Dakota, is out of a job until he takes office in January, when incumbent Lenny Gramkow's term expires, the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports.

Maggs was Gramkow's only challenger in the Republican primary on Tuesday (June 5). With no other candidates seeking the job, the GOP winner would become the sheriff for a four-year term. Maggs defeated Gramkow by a margin of almost 3 to 1.

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KEYWORDS: bonhommecounty; defeats; deputy; election; fired; sheriff; southdakota
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To: CodeToad

Pretty much standard practice actually. In our little town Police Dept., one of the road policemen ran against the Chief, and when he lost the Chief demoted him from road cop to dispatch. Was actually the best thing that happened to him as he quit and then secured a better job earning more money.


21 posted on 06/07/2018 8:49:47 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: tennmountainman; morphing libertarian; cyclotic
We had a Parish election where a local police chief defeated a 20+ year incumbent sheriff. The deputies where nervous and once the new sheriff took over there were some fireworks. Captains on down. The smart deputies left before they could be fired by the "new" sheriff in town.

I don't know how things work in South Dakota.

22 posted on 06/07/2018 8:50:09 AM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: cyclotic

Well, the incoming sheriff should have plenty of time to prepare — he’s now out of work for the next seven months.


23 posted on 06/07/2018 8:51:08 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: BBell

Sheriff’s have a lot of power and it’s only checked by voters.


24 posted on 06/07/2018 8:53:42 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: FoxInSocks

Collecting unemployment and being paid out for his leave. But it is a break in service.


25 posted on 06/07/2018 8:53:46 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: FoxInSocks

The adjoining county should hire him for seven months. Stick it to the incumbent Sheriff and make sure he gets sent to all cross-jurisdictional events.


26 posted on 06/07/2018 8:54:11 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: BBell

From the sound of things, everyone on the department probably voted for the deputy in this case.


27 posted on 06/07/2018 8:55:16 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: cyclotic

That would be funny.


28 posted on 06/07/2018 8:56:34 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: BBell

When the new sheriff takes over, he won’t have to hire the old one. If you can’t get along, get along.


29 posted on 06/07/2018 9:00:06 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: morphing libertarian

Hence the expression “there’s a new sheriff in town”.


30 posted on 06/07/2018 9:03:02 AM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: Red Badger

WORST.....ANDY......GRIFFITH.....SHOW.....EPISODE.....EVER!!!


31 posted on 06/07/2018 9:04:28 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: gunnyg

He needed the new guy out of sight while the shred-a-thon commences!


32 posted on 06/07/2018 9:36:50 AM PDT by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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To: BBell

I hope the current Sheriff doesn’t have any skeletons in his closet cause he just gave the Incoming Sheriff a key to it.

“We need to talk about those firearms and 10 lbs of Meth that came up missing from the evidence locker in 17...”


33 posted on 06/07/2018 9:37:29 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: pingman

A Sheriff no one likes fires a young guy who just thrashed him in an Election.

Now he is surrounded by a Department that doesn’t like him and most likely voted for his replacement.

I doubt we have heard the last of this story. Most likely will end with “Former Sheriff Arrested for x,y and Z”


34 posted on 06/07/2018 9:40:51 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: BBell

“I know you hired me because I was the best man for the job and I just want to thank you, cousin Andy.” - Barney Fife


35 posted on 06/07/2018 9:50:16 AM PDT by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go straight to the comments.)
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