In a surprise defeat, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson lost his seat to Democratic challenger Paul Heroux after a 25-year-run in office:
In a surprise defeat, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson Tuesday conceded his seat to Democratic challenger Paul Heroux after a remarkable 25-year-run in office that saw the leader of a midsized county jail in Massachusetts become a national figurehead for his hardlineHeroux, who will be stepping down as Attleboro’s mayor in January to become sheriff, promised to improve living conditions in the county’s jails, overhaul rehabilitation programs for inmates, and begin measuring whether these...
“I think that with Hodgson having been there for 25 years, with the constant controversies, people are just ready for change,” Heroux said after declaring victory early Wednesday morning. The Associated Press has not yet called the race.before and after the former president’s campaign in 2020, conceded the sheriff’s race around 1:15 a.m., saying he accepted the results.
Hodgson attributed his surprising loss to “the George Soros and Mike Bloomberg groups who put in half a million dollars that my opponent probably could never raised.”
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