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0 View Gallery  View Comments Incumbent El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder appeared to have won a second four-year term, defeating challenger Mike Angley by more than 10,000 votes in Tuesday's Republican primary.  With more than 90 percent of the ballots counted, Elder had 44,378 votes, or about 57 percent, according to unofficialresults from the county Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Angley had about 32,987 votes, or about 43 percent.  Elder will face Democratic candidate Grace Sweeney-Maurer, a retired paralegal, in the November election, although in the heavily Republican county, winning the Republican nomination is tantamount to election. At a gathering at El Padrino Mexicano restaurant in northeast Colorado Springs, Elder hugged family and supporters when the results were announced. Among the crowd were state Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May and Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey. Related: Cami … [Read more...] about Incumbent El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder on way to second four-year term

0 View Gallery  View Comments Incumbent El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder appeared to have won a second four-year term, defeating challenger Mike Angley by more than 10,000 votes in Tuesday's Republican primary.  With more than 90 percent of the ballots counted, Elder had 44,378 votes, or about 57 percent, according to unofficialresults from the county Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Angley had about 32,987 votes, or about 43 percent.  Elder will face Democratic candidate Grace Sweeney-Maurer, a retired paralegal, in the November election, although in the heavily Republican county, winning the Republican nomination is tantamount to election. At a gathering at El Padrino Mexicano restaurant in northeast Colorado Springs, Elder hugged family and supporters when the results were announced. Among the crowd were state Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May and Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey. “This has … [Read more...] about Incumbent El Paso County sheriff on way to second four-year term

0 View Comments Incumbent El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder appeared headed toward a second four-year term, opening up a commanding lead over challenger, Mike Angley, in early results in Tuesday's Republican primary. With 70,708 of the more than 111,171 ballots counted, Elder led by about 10,000 votes, 57 percent to Angley's 42 percent, according to the county Clerk and Recorder's Office. At a gathering at El Padrino Mexicano restaurant in northeast Colorado Springs, Elder hugged family and supporters when the results were announced. Among the crowd was state Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May and Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey. Related: Bremer, Williams leading El Paso County commissioner races "I believe these numbers will hold," Elder told the crowd. "I'm excited that we're finally through this piece. We did the right thing. We stood up to the bullying." He led his supporters in a toast "to the citizens of El Paso County and … [Read more...] about Incumbent El Paso County sheriff opens wide lead over Republican challenger

0 View Gallery  View Comments Authorities searching for an at-risk woman released surveillance footage of her at a Walmart in Woodland Park. The footage shows Jane Mudder, 56, entering the store, at 9600 E. U.S. 24, and leaving in a Jeep Grand Cherokee, believed to be a 2016 model, on May 4. Mudder was last seen by her landlord May 5 in the Cascade area, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office reported. Mudder is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 122 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and a dream catcher tattoo on her right arm. Authorities are concerned for her safety and ask anyone with information about Mudder’s whereabouts to call Detective Andrew Thompson at 520-7238 or [email protected] … [Read more...] about El Paso County Sheriff releases footage of ‘at-risk’ woman missing for 6 weeks