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Independence, MO —
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp has been elected to a second four-year term.
Sharp, of Kansas City, defeated two challengers in Tuesday’s primary, Dwon Littlejohn of Kansas City and Randy Poletis of Lake Lotawana. Winning the primary is tantamount to winning the office, as no Republican filed to take on the Democratic winner in November.
“I’m happy that the citizens of Jackson County have had enough confidence in me to keep me on for another four years,” Sharp said Tuesday evening.
The results:
- Sharp, 14,995 votes or 66.31 percent.
- Littlejohn, 6,040, or 26.71 percent.
- Poletis, 1,578, or 6.97 percent.
In his second term, Sharp said, he wants to keep pressing for higher pay for deputies, upgrade the Sheriff’s Office’s communications system and keep pressing programs such the department’s sexual offender registry, which alone takes four deputies for such duties as making residence checks on those listed.
Sharp said he ran as hard this year as he did the first time, in 2008.
“It (the campaign) was long. It was tough,” Sharp said. “But it’s over.”
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp has been elected to a second four-year term.
Sharp, of Kansas City, defeated two challengers in Tuesday’s primary, Dwon Littlejohn of Kansas City and Randy Poletis of Lake Lotawana. Winning the primary is tantamount to winning the office, as no Republican filed to take on the Democratic winner in November.
“I’m happy that the citizens of Jackson County have had enough confidence in me to keep me on for another four years,” Sharp said Tuesday evening.
The results:
- Sharp, 14,995 votes or 66.31 percent.
- Littlejohn, 6,040, or 26.71 percent.
- Poletis, 1,578, or 6.97 percent.
In his second term, Sharp said, he wants to keep pressing for higher pay for deputies, upgrade the Sheriff’s Office’s communications system and keep pressing programs such the department’s sexual offender registry, which alone takes four deputies for such duties as making residence checks on those listed.
Sharp said he ran as hard this year as he did the first time, in 2008.
“It (the campaign) was long. It was tough,” Sharp said. “But it’s over.”
