Three candidates seek Costilla County sheriff post

Three candidates are running to lead the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office, creating a three-person contest for the agency’s top elected position.

The contest

The race concerns leadership of the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office. The office has been described as troubled, but the specific circumstances behind that description are not established here.

The candidates’ names and their individual backgrounds are not included in the record for this brief. No candidate has a documented policy position on policing, fire services or courts in the information available for publication.

What voters will need to track

The election date, filing details and ballot information are not established here. Those details will determine when Costilla County voters can compare the candidates and cast ballots.

The contest also raises questions about how each candidate would approach the sheriff’s office, but no positions or campaign statements are documented here. The three candidates should be evaluated on the same public information as the race develops.

Source

The Alamosa Citizen reported the three-candidate contest. Its report is linked here: Three candidates run to lead troubled Costilla County Sheriff’s Office.