Unfortuantely for a supposedly free society "Brad Gates' Law" forbids mere mortals from running for that office. It's a bit like a law saying only a general can run for president/commander in chief or only a congressman can run for congress. Not at all conducive to democracy or fair play and making the sheriff completely unanswerable to the people. It's very telling of how much power a sitting sheriff wields that anybody as crooked as Gates could convince the legislature to pass a law shielding him from being beaten fair and square by a sitting judge. Sending deputies to harass the judge's supporters wasn't enough so he called in some favors and got the law through. Well that's a law that needs repealing.
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