Whetsel won re-election for his 5th term and by the biggest margin of victory in 16 years. Seeing all of the postings here against Whetsel made me ask a few people about who they voted and why. The number 1 reason I got back from Whetsel voters was because of his professionalism in how he ran in the election and most were turned off by the fact that Sorrels turned it into a partisan issue. The sheriff should be a non-partisan office and wearing your political affiliations on your sleeve and pushing it out in front was a major turn off, even for the most staunch republicans in Oklahoma County. All they cared was how effective of a fighting crime fighter the sheriff can be and Whetsel (whether warranted or not) is seen as a very effective crime fighter. Like me, all they got from Sorrels was that he was republican and was pro 2A, but nothing else.
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