THROUGHOUT his 24-year tenure as the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Joe Arpaio repeatedly suggested that he would run for higher office, usually the governorship. But “America’s toughest sheriff,” as he called himself, never did. So when Mr Arpaio began touting himself as a possible contender for the US Senate seat that Jeff Flake is vacating, many Arizonans assumed he was seeking nothing more than publicity.
On January 9, Mr Arpaio announced that he would run, “for the good of our country”. The former sheriff, famous for using his department to enforce immigration laws, housing prisoners in tents and dressing them in pink underwear, said his intention was to support Donald Trump’s agenda in the Senate.
Many had assumed the 85-year-old’s career was over. The tough-on-crime policies that for years endeared Mr Arpaio to voters in Maricopa County, home to more than 4m people—about 60% of Arizona’s population—resulted in millions of dollars in legal settlements. In 2013 a federal judge found that his...Continue reading
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