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The unusual politics of the Jay Jones write-in campaign

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….

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Why Jay Jones might lose the Republican primary in Lee County, Alabama

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…

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