The Alaska governor’s office has SO much power. It controls election administration, state prosecutions (no DAs in AK), a lot of policing (no sheriffs in AK), and more.
Basically, this is kind of like Democrats winning elections for governor, SOS, AG, every DA, and every sheriff — all at once.
Basically, this is kind of like Democrats winning elections for governor, SOS, AG, every DA, and every sheriff — all at once.
JUST NOW: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won the governor's race in Alaska, CNN projects.
He will be the first Democratic governor of Alaska since 2002.
He will get to govern with the "Coalition" of Democrats and moderate Republicans that are running the state legislature, in a pseudo-trifecta.
He will be the first Democratic governor of Alaska since 2002.
He will get to govern with the "Coalition" of Democrats and moderate Republicans that are running the state legislature, in a pseudo-trifecta.
November 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The Alaska governor’s office has SO much power. It controls election administration, state prosecutions (no DAs in AK), a lot of policing (no sheriffs in AK), and more.
Basically, this is kind of like Democrats winning elections for governor, SOS, AG, every DA, and every sheriff — all at once.
Basically, this is kind of like Democrats winning elections for governor, SOS, AG, every DA, and every sheriff — all at once.
There’s (almost) always a sheriff not that far away from any tragic civil rights story in the South.
Part of how I got interested in studying the politics of sheriffs, having grown up outside Birmingham, AL with my family’s connections to Montgomery and Tuskegee.
Part of how I got interested in studying the politics of sheriffs, having grown up outside Birmingham, AL with my family’s connections to Montgomery and Tuskegee.
Without protection, Allen decided to stick with his original story, the one that supported the white conspiracy. But there was no turning back.
He had told the truth to FBI agents, who dutifully passed Allen's story to the local sheriff, E.L. Caston -- whose father-in-law was one E.H. Hurst
He had told the truth to FBI agents, who dutifully passed Allen's story to the local sheriff, E.L. Caston -- whose father-in-law was one E.H. Hurst
November 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
There’s (almost) always a sheriff not that far away from any tragic civil rights story in the South.
Part of how I got interested in studying the politics of sheriffs, having grown up outside Birmingham, AL with my family’s connections to Montgomery and Tuskegee.
Part of how I got interested in studying the politics of sheriffs, having grown up outside Birmingham, AL with my family’s connections to Montgomery and Tuskegee.
The sheriffs run fiefdoms and want to decide who lives and who dies; who gets the presumptions of innocence & liberty and who gets whisked away by a rogue agency of death and deported.
Don't just rein in their budgets. Take their power. #mapoli #FreeThemAll
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/14/m...
Don't just rein in their budgets. Take their power. #mapoli #FreeThemAll
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/14/m...
Innocent until proven guilty? Some Mass. sheriffs are forgetting that applies to immigrants, too. - The Boston Globe
The PROTECT Act says Massachusetts sheriffs can’t work with ICE the way they used to, and most of the sheriffs don’t seem to like it.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The sheriffs run fiefdoms and want to decide who lives and who dies; who gets the presumptions of innocence & liberty and who gets whisked away by a rogue agency of death and deported.
Don't just rein in their budgets. Take their power. #mapoli #FreeThemAll
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/14/m...
Don't just rein in their budgets. Take their power. #mapoli #FreeThemAll
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/14/m...
ICE and Butler County Sheriffs kidnapped a father in front of his children 💔
Hell can have fascists later. Prisons and The Hague should have them now.
Hell can have fascists later. Prisons and The Hague should have them now.
November 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
ICE and Butler County Sheriffs kidnapped a father in front of his children 💔
Hell can have fascists later. Prisons and The Hague should have them now.
Hell can have fascists later. Prisons and The Hague should have them now.
"...efforts to elect reform-minded sheriffs (or at least sheriffs as agents of change) does little, in my view, to diminish the role of law enforcement in politics. In fact, it does somewhat the opposite...." 1/2 @jesspish.bsky.social
Post-Midterm Reflections
Just a few notes on last week
sheriffs.substack.com
November 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"...efforts to elect reform-minded sheriffs (or at least sheriffs as agents of change) does little, in my view, to diminish the role of law enforcement in politics. In fact, it does somewhat the opposite...." 1/2 @jesspish.bsky.social
Microsoft outage exposes global reliance on core tech providers ft.trib.al/rjZlSbZ
Microsoft outage exposes global reliance on core tech providers
Impact of global incident affects users ranging from banks and governments to county sheriffs and pharmacies
ft.trib.al
November 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Microsoft outage exposes global reliance on core tech providers ft.trib.al/rjZlSbZ
A newsletter with a few post-midterm thoughts (mostly about sheriffs)
sheriffs.substack.com/p/post-midte...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/post-midte...
Post-Midterm Reflections
Just a few notes on last week
sheriffs.substack.com
November 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
A newsletter with a few post-midterm thoughts (mostly about sheriffs)
sheriffs.substack.com/p/post-midte...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/post-midte...
Sheriffs Gave Epstein Special Treatment
https://bit.ly/4zBwQfh
Ellie Leonard of @redpencilscript.bsky.social stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss documents that expose Epstein’s payments to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s official | Subscribe to watch The @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show
https://bit.ly/4zBwQfh
Ellie Leonard of @redpencilscript.bsky.social stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss documents that expose Epstein’s payments to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s official | Subscribe to watch The @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show
November 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Sheriffs Gave Epstein Special Treatment
https://bit.ly/4zBwQfh
Ellie Leonard of @redpencilscript.bsky.social stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss documents that expose Epstein’s payments to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s official | Subscribe to watch The @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show
https://bit.ly/4zBwQfh
Ellie Leonard of @redpencilscript.bsky.social stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss documents that expose Epstein’s payments to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s official | Subscribe to watch The @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social Show
"This imagined history is how sheriffs have endured as a political force and why they commit many of the worst abuses in the policing and jail system."
November 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"This imagined history is how sheriffs have endured as a political force and why they commit many of the worst abuses in the policing and jail system."
Are scrubs sexy or was I just a night shift Sheriffs Deputy for too long?
…is the kind of question I shouldn’t ask out loud in public but I think it’s funny.
…is the kind of question I shouldn’t ask out loud in public but I think it’s funny.
November 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Are scrubs sexy or was I just a night shift Sheriffs Deputy for too long?
…is the kind of question I shouldn’t ask out loud in public but I think it’s funny.
…is the kind of question I shouldn’t ask out loud in public but I think it’s funny.
DeSantis successfully defunded the police! A woke champion.
Ron DeSantis says Sheriffs have room to cut their budgets if Amendment 3 passes
'There may be things in there that would be nice to have rather than need to have.'
floridapolitics.com
November 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
DeSantis successfully defunded the police! A woke champion.
"The idea that sheriffs are special law enforcement officers with mandates from the electorate, rather than technocratic officers tasked with enforcing a set of laws, is not just a benign aspect of history."
Post-Midterm Reflections
Just a few notes on last week
sheriffs.substack.com
November 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"The idea that sheriffs are special law enforcement officers with mandates from the electorate, rather than technocratic officers tasked with enforcing a set of laws, is not just a benign aspect of history."
Shhhhhhhhh! You don’t want them to get into trouble!
November 13, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Shhhhhhhhh! You don’t want them to get into trouble!
Unaffiliated Candidates Oust ‘Unbeatable’ Sheriffs
The top law enforcement officers in Alamance and Bladen counties lost to newcomers campaigning with the slogan “People Over Politics.”
The top law enforcement officers in Alamance and Bladen counties lost to newcomers campaigning with the slogan “People Over Politics.”
Unaffiliated Candidates Oust ‘Unbeatable’ Sheriffs
The top law enforcement officers in Alamance and Bladen counties lost to newcomers campaigning with the slogan “People Over Politics.”
www.theassemblync.com
November 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Unaffiliated Candidates Oust ‘Unbeatable’ Sheriffs
The top law enforcement officers in Alamance and Bladen counties lost to newcomers campaigning with the slogan “People Over Politics.”
The top law enforcement officers in Alamance and Bladen counties lost to newcomers campaigning with the slogan “People Over Politics.”
Some older sheriffs made it to the 2020s, I'm sure.
November 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Some older sheriffs made it to the 2020s, I'm sure.
Do people know they can explore our cheat sheet to the midterms for the actual results to hundreds of the state and local elections we'd spotlighted? boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Do people know they can explore our cheat sheet to the midterms for the actual results to hundreds of the state and local elections we'd spotlighted? boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
I guess they learned from L.A. Count Sheriffs
November 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I guess they learned from L.A. Count Sheriffs
Also wanted to highlight the shared ambivalence around electing progressive prosecutors and sheriffs. The harm reduction is real, and the communities that demand these campaigns respond genuinely to the prospect of less carceral policing and prosecution.
November 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Also wanted to highlight the shared ambivalence around electing progressive prosecutors and sheriffs. The harm reduction is real, and the communities that demand these campaigns respond genuinely to the prospect of less carceral policing and prosecution.
ICE and Butler County Sheriffs kidnapped a father in front of his children this morning after following them home from school.
November 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
ICE and Butler County Sheriffs kidnapped a father in front of his children this morning after following them home from school.
If municipalities really cared about traffic safety enforcement, they’d put up speed and red-light cameras everywhere.
Oʻahu deputy sheriffs step up traffic enforcement
The Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement has increased traffic enforcement on Oʻahu’s freeways to combat speeding and impaired driving, with additional patrols planned through the holiday se…
www.khon2.com
November 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
If municipalities really cared about traffic safety enforcement, they’d put up speed and red-light cameras everywhere.
Jefferson Davis County overwhelmingly black btw
I’m sure its residents love seeing the name plastered everywhere. sheriffs’ cars for instance.
I’m sure its residents love seeing the name plastered everywhere. sheriffs’ cars for instance.
November 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Jefferson Davis County overwhelmingly black btw
I’m sure its residents love seeing the name plastered everywhere. sheriffs’ cars for instance.
I’m sure its residents love seeing the name plastered everywhere. sheriffs’ cars for instance.
On first day of bill filing the new TX Legislature, Democrats introduced bills to expand Medicaid, legalize abortion, raise minimum wage, end data center tax breaks, ban Flock cameras, legalize marijuana, + repeal ICE partnerships for sheriffs.
LEGGO🤘🏽
LEGGO🤘🏽
November 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
On first day of bill filing the new TX Legislature, Democrats introduced bills to expand Medicaid, legalize abortion, raise minimum wage, end data center tax breaks, ban Flock cameras, legalize marijuana, + repeal ICE partnerships for sheriffs.
LEGGO🤘🏽
LEGGO🤘🏽
Really? Sheriffs are always up to some kind of country.
November 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Really? Sheriffs are always up to some kind of country.
Bürgerwehren, schwarze Sheriffs
November 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Bürgerwehren, schwarze Sheriffs
Get to the forest and the outlaws will no doubt share the Sheriffs bounty.
November 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Get to the forest and the outlaws will no doubt share the Sheriffs bounty.