An unusual aspect of Mike Aronson’s campaign for Allen County sheriff is the support he is receiving as an independent candidate from the Republican Party’s county committee. That the support was initiated before the Aug. 2 primary election bucks political convention even more. Three Republicans, including an incumbent, were on the ballot.
Incumbent Bryan Murphy won by a narrow margin over Jared Froggatte, Iola police detective, in the primary. Kelley Zellner, Humboldt resident and chief of police in Conway Springs, was a distant third.
GOP county committee members…
Partisan divide in sheriff’s contest
