(Democratic Candidate Kenny Johnson answers questions from a registered voter while filing to run for Forrest County Sheriff at Forrest County Circuit Court.)
"Soon I hope to be the 'People's Sheriff!"
Kenny Johnson has entered the race for Forrest County Sheriff demanding a rematch to the race he unsuccessfully competed for 4 years ago. This time, Johnson, who has over 20+ years as law enforcement, has leveled the playing field by running as a Democrat, the way in which he's voted his entire life.
Johnson says this race however is bigger than politics and is more about all the people of Forrest County as his supporters are now describing him as "The People's Sheriff!"
Speaking exclusively with Hattiesburg News, Johnson says he intends to make Forrest County, "A county for everybody" in which "everybody has a seat at the table and everybody's voice is heard." Johnson, like many candidates kicking off their campaigns this year, says it's time to move Forrest County forward.
"This race is not about how bad one individual is doing as an elected official, but how much better we can be doing as a community as a whole," Johnson said, reflecting on his time as a law enforcement at the Sheriff's Department. Forrest County is a great place to live, play, and work. We've made tremendous progress as a county but there's way more progression still to be made!" the democratic candidate exclaimed.
Making this race more serious and much more interesting is the fact that Johnson is now a democratic candidate, leveling the playing field in which he previously ran as a independent, losing to a big running well financed republican machine.
“I’m humbled by the gravity of the historic opportunity to serve as the First African American Sheriff in the place where my heart lies, Forrest County. I simply desire to make a change in the community that I love tremendously. My ticket say democrat but my blood bleeds Forrest County. I'm a people's guy. Soon I hope to be the People's Sheriff!" an excited Johnson told Hattiesburg News.
If Johnson wins, he will be only the second African American to win a county wide election, behind Judge Carol Jones Russell who was the first African American to be elected to a county wide position.
Will Forrest County elect its first African American Sheriff? Now, sticking true to who he is running as an actual democrat, this race is a toss up at best.
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