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Alice Herman

Dar Leaf, Michigan’s ‘constitutional sheriff’, wins primary by landslide

An impassioned man who is Dar Leaf speaks into a microphone and points in the air next to armed militia members
Dar Leaf, front right, speaks next to members of the Michigan Liberty Militia at an event in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 18 May 2020. Photograph: Cory Morse/AP

Dar Leaf, the prominent election-denying sheriff of Barry county, Michigan, and leader in the rightwing “constitutional sheriffs” movement, will win his Republican primary by a wide margin, according to unofficial vote totals.

No Democrats filed to run, so Leaf is likely to continue serving as sheriff.

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