If Jay Jones wins the November election through a write-in campaign, Cam Hunt wouldn’t necessarily have to accept the result without question. Alabama law provides a process for contesting elections. But a successful challenge would require more than pointing to something questionable about the campaign. That possibility raises an interesting question in Lee County, where…
There’s something unusual about the effort to return Jay Jones to the Lee County sheriff’s office. A Republican sheriff who lost his own party’s primary is now receiving support from people who don’t necessarily agree with his politics, or even with each other. Jones lost the May Republican primary to Cam Hunt by 307 votes….
After nearly three decades as sheriff of Lee County, Jay Jones lost the May 19 Republican primary to former deputy Cam Hunt by just 307 votes. Hunt received 9,301 votes to Jones’s 8,994, according to the unofficial results. Jones first took office in January 1999. He had spent nearly thirty years building his career, his…
Jay Jones has served as sheriff of Lee County since January 1999, following his election in 1998. Nearly three decades in office gives him a substantial record to campaign on, along with relationships and experience that a challenger can’t easily match. But it also gives voters nearly three decades of decisions to examine, and former…
I’ve never had a problem with a sheriff wanting deputies he can trust. I’ve felt the same way throughout my career in both the public and private sectors. When you’re responsible for an organization, you need people who will carry out your decisions, follow your direction, and represent it professionally. That expectation doesn’t change with…