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Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.

boltsmag.orgThe 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - BoltsVoters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

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Did you find anything about the Sheriff race in Winnebago County IL? Independent Barcelona challenging incumbent GOP Carauna. Barcelona promising full audit and transparency (incumbent notorious for overspending) but not a lot of other detail I can find. Curious.

Thanks for including the Cumberland County (Maine) DA race on this list! It's such an important one and many Mainers aren't paying much attention

This photo sums it all up. A mob of poorly-trained, fascistic clods, armed to the teeth with equipment none of them needs, desperate to shoot someone - anyone! - to justify the money that is wasted on these evil boondoggles that the armaments industry foists on our communities.

German police actively worked alongside the Brownshirts (the Sturmabteilung or SA) after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, officially deputizing tens of thousands of Nazi paramilitaries as auxiliary police officers.

There's a lot else happening in the piece — but the most striking to me is the unapologetically far-right sheriffs sitting in blue, Harris-voting counties.

Have to add Carroll County MD,Jim DeWees has been a White House visitor and his wife had quite a statement during their divorce. Somehow the state investigators found nothing,but my father mentioned rumors back in 2015 from local leaders.