//Joe Arpaio, pardoned by President Trump, loses bid to win back Arizona sheriff’s post

Joe Arpaio, pardoned by President Trump, loses bid to win back Arizona sheriff’s post

Joe Arpaio on Friday was narrowly defeated in his bid to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years before being voted out in 2016 amid voter frustrations over his taxpayer-funded legal bills, his penchant for self-promotion and a defiant streak that led to his now-pardoned criminal conviction.Arpaio lost by more than 6,200 votes in the Republican primary for