Joe Arpaio Announces Bid for Senate
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Source: NY Times
ALBUQUERQUE — Joe Arpaio, the polarizing 85-year-old immigration hard-liner pardoned by President Trump after a conviction of criminal contempt, announced on Tuesday that he is running in Arizona for the United States Senate.
The move by Mr. Arpaio, who just six months ago faced the prospect of a jail sentence prior to the pardon, upends the race to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican who abandoned his 2018 re-election campaign after coming under criticism from Mr. Trump.
The contenders for the seat include Representative Kyrsten Sinema, a centrist Democrat, and Kelli Ward, a conservative Republican and former state senator who aligns herself with Mr. Trump. Mr. Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, which include Phoenix, lost his own re-election bid for that post in 2016 to Paul Penzone, a Democrat and Phoenix police officer.
“Being a U.S. senator is a little different than being the sheriff, because you can do a lot of things in the U.S. Senate, and I have many plans, believe me,” Mr. Arpaio told the Washington Examiner in announcing his bid. “I have a lot to offer. I’m a big supporter of President Trump.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/joe-arpaio-senate-arizona.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=66338258&pgtype=Homepage
Oy.
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“Being a U.S. senator is a little different than being the sheriff, because you can do a lot of things in the U.S. Senate, and I have many plans, believe me,”....“I have a lot to offer.......”
Seeing as how the voters have wised up and rejected him once already, it doesn't seem like he has much of a chance. Likely just an opportunity for publicity. (Of course it didn't seem like 45* had much of a chance either 
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in the most populace county, and possibly the most conservative in AZ. If he can't win in mariecopa, his chances statewide aren't good. 
Hopefully he does for this state what boy-roy did for his.......
