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Joe Arpaio still hasn't made peace with his own demise

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio , 92 , is running for office this year after a tumultuous fall from grace and a criminal trial of his own.

During his 24 years as chief law enforcement officer in America ’s fourth -largest county, Arpaio defined what it meant to be an anti-immigrant sheriff.

On Tuesday , the man who helped define an age of border insecurity will be on the ballot for what might be the final time.

Sheriff Arpaio was convicted in 2017 of contempt of court for violating civil rights of Latino residents.

He was pardoned by President Donald Trump , who pardoned him later that year .

Arpaio said he was a canary, of sorts, for Deep State retribution.

He said he thought he was being targeted for questioning the legitimacy of President Obama 's birth certificate.

The Fountain Hills , Arizona , is a Sun Belt town with an aging Sun Belt population.

It was powered by three pumps, but under the city’s current mayor, Ginny Dickey , only two of them usually run.

Dickey and Arpaio had gone head to head two years ago , and their relationship was cordial but hardly warm.