Maricopa County voters oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio

*Twenty-four years of the “toughest sheriff in America” came to an end last night. Voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, rejected Arpaio’s years of tough immigration stances and his racial profiling. VL

By Michael Kiefer and Rebekah L. Sanders, AZ Central (4.5 minute read)

“There’s a new sheriff in town.”

That’s what Paul Penzone’s supporters chanted at his campaign headquarters Tuesday night, when it seemed inevitable that he would topple Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from his 24-year reign as “America’s Toughest Sheriff.”

Read more NewsTaco stories on Facebook. >> 

The Associated Press declared Penzone, a retired Phoenix police sergeant, the victor at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. It was a turnaround for Penzone, who in 2012 was nosed out by Arpaio, an immigration hardliner and ally of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. READ MORE