Incumbent Jeff Gardner wins in election and will remain the Bingham County Sheriff

BINGHAM COUNTY — Incumbent Jeff Gardner will proceed to beryllium nan sheriff successful Bingham County aft he won nan title against his opponent, Jimmy Barbre.

Results showed that Gardner had 5,718 votes, and Barbre had 1,096 votes. The sheriff’s position is simply a four-year term.

EastIdahoNews.com reached retired to Gardner astir his win, and we person included his full unedited connection below.

Citizens of Bingham County,

I constitute this missive successful a tone of immense gratitude for your support. I person galore group to thank, but I would first for illustration to commencement disconnected thanking my Heavenly Father for blessing maine pinch nan opportunity to unrecorded successful this awesome free federation and to person specified a meaningful profession serving nan nationalist successful rule enforcement.

Next I’d for illustration to convey my awesome woman and kids for opinionated by my broadside and putting up pinch my aspirations to service successful this capacity. It is often them who make nan sacrifice erstwhile nan demands of this position travel calling. That is really they service you, and they ne'er complain.

I’d adjacent for illustration to convey my different family, friends, their families and their friends, my colleagues and peers astatine nan County, and each my organization partners successful Police, Fire, EMS, nan schools. I’m surely missing more.

I can’t hide each of nan awesome leaders, mentors, and co-workers successful my rule enforcement profession frankincense acold and those I had nan pleasance of moving pinch arsenic a Security Police Officer astatine nan INL. Some are still pinch maine and galore person retired. Some are nary longer pinch us. You are each my brothers and sisters. This includes each nan different Idaho Sheriff’s, particularly my Tri-County Sheriff’s Association partners.

Without question, I person to convey my team. Leadership is simply a beautiful point successful action. I person travel to recognize I americium only conscionable 1 man. I person learned a very humbling instruction complete nan years, which is I request nan brave men and women that service successful nan Sheriff’s Office much than they request me. It is an grant to beryllium your delegate to lead them. I promise to do each I tin to guarantee they stay a cohesive squad of professionals fresh to service you. They are immoderate of nan very champion retired location and erstwhile it comes to sharing a enarthrosis spot pinch them, nan grant is each mine.

To my honorable counterpart successful this election, Jim Barbre, I opportunity convey you for remaining professional, respectful, and making maine gain it. Having nan chance to speak to you and your family reminds maine of each nan awesome group we person successful this County. I wish you each nan very champion and admit nan level of patriotism you show and nan level of support you person for Law Enforcement.

To those that utilized their sound and their ballot and didn’t prime maine arsenic your candidate:
I want you to cognize that I understand that is simply a portion of nan process that makes this federation truthful great. I’ve served astir 30 years successful Law Enforcement without individual bias and I don’t scheme connected starting now. Though I mightiness not person been your candidate, I want you to cognize that I will service you each nan aforesaid arsenic your elected Sheriff. Politics person been acold and wide successful nan caller past, but they person nary spot erstwhile it comes to nan level of committedness this agency has for you aliases nan level of professionalism that you receive. Your spot will still beryllium our mission, and it is my pleasance to service you.

Thank You All
Sheriff Jeff Gardner

We person reached retired to Barbre for a connection erstwhile nan results were disposable but person been unsuccessful. We will update this communicative if he gets backmost to us.

According to nan Bingham County elections office, nan region had 33% elector turnout including early voting. 7,529 full ballots were cast, and location were astir 22,000 registered voters.

In May 2022, Bingham County had 7,895 ballots formed which was 34.5% elector turnout pinch astir 22,500 voters.

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