Tarrant County, Texas Sheriff Bill Waybourn (R) has faced intense backlash over high-profile deaths at his jail. His opponent, Democrat Patrick Moses, says it…
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Republican Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn has faced intense backlash over high-profile deaths at his jail. His opponent, Democrat Patrick Moses, says it shows a failure in leadership.before viewers on Tuesday decide who will be sheriff for the next four years. Waybourn told NBC 5 that most of the 60 deaths that have occurred in his eight years were at a hospital and were due to the person being chronically ill or on drugs.
Before becoming sheriff in Tarrant County, Waybourn was the chief of the Dalworthington Gardens Police Department for more than thirty years. In 2020, Waybourn won reelection against Vance Keyes with 52.67% of the vote. In 2016, Waybourn defeated Max W. Koch III with 81% of the vote. This is Moses's second time running for office. In 2021, he was among a crowded group of nearly two dozen Republicans and DemocratsEarlier this year, Moses received 54.79% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Waybourn ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
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