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Race for Sheriff will continue as Schuman
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May 27, 2016 |
The race to be the next Sheriff of Boundary
County will continue through to the general
election in November.
In the May 17 primary election voting 10 days
ago, three Republican candidates were competing
for their party’s position on the General
Election ballot in November, with no candidate
on the Democrat side. In that closely-followed
contest, Republican candidate Dave Kramer
outdistanced the other two Republicans,
incumbent Sheriff Greg Sprungl and current
Sheriff Deputy David Schuman.
In the May 17 primary voting, Mr. Kramer won
1,080 votes, a little short of half of all the
2,287 votes cast in the race, with Mr. Sprungl
receiving 23% of the votes and Mr. Schuman 30%.
With his primary election victory, and with no
Democrat running for the office, it appeared
that Mr. Kramer had essentially locked up the
win in November for Boundary County Sheriff,
with no opposition listed on the Democrat side
of the ballot.
The next morning following the primary voting,
however, Mr. Schuman announced he was looking at
the possibility of continuing his campaign for
Sheriff, hoping to win in November as a write-in
candidate. "There are a number of people that
are trying to persuade me to pursue a write in
campaign," said Mr. Schuman in an e-mail to
supporters the day after the primary election,
and continued, "The least I can do is listen and
see if we could come up with a plan.” He
proposed a meeting of supporters to gauge
interest in continuing his campaign. “Based on
the amount of people that show up and what we
decide, we will go from there," he said.
That meeting was held earlier this week at the
Boundary County Extension Office, and the
results encouraged Mr. Schuman to continue the
race. “Based on an overwhelming amount of people
that showed up in the Extension Office tonight,”
he said in a video posted after the meeting, “we
will be pursuing a write-in candidacy for the
Sheriff position in November, for Boundary
County."
Two days ago he formalized his intention by
filing his paperwork with the County to run in
the November election as a write-in candidate.
Mr. Schuman initially announced his candidacy
for Boundary County Sheriff at least as far back
as early 2014, as there is a story posted
January 2014 on NewsBF regarding his run for the
office. (that
story can be seen by clicking here).
He has campaigned very actively for the office,
especially over the past year, holding several
“Meet and Greet” events at locations all over
the county, and maintaining an active Facebook
page and Wordpress page, also participating in
the recent Candidate’s Forum.
He reports having worked in law enforcement for
36 years. At least part of his campaign approach
for the office has been his alignment with the
concept of a “Constitutional Sheriff.”
“A title that was thrown my way many years ago
and has stuck is a Constitutional Peace
Officer,” said Mr. Schuman in a campaign e-mail
from June 2015, stating further, “The Idaho
Constitutional Sheriff’s group, which endorses
me, acts as a watchdog service for the people.
Reporting to the people what County Sheriff is
doing the right thing and which is not. I
foresee a long pleasant relationship between
myself and this group.”
“I can assure you that I will not allow the
Federal Government to encroach upon our
Constitutional rights on my watch,” he stated in
his e-mail.
Boundary County voters can now anticipate
campaigning to continue over the next five and a
half months until the Sheriff election is
ultimately decided this November. |
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