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Sheriffs race campaign cash over $160,000,but most went to GOP primary candidates
Brown not refunding contribution from store owner with arrests; Howard continues low-cost campaign
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Noel Brown, left, and Keith Howard
Cash contributions to the three candidates who started out the Bulloch County Sheriff's race this year topped $160,000 by Sept. 30. But 95 percent of that went to the two Republicans, including Sheriff's Office Sgt. Noel Brown, who is now the GOP nominee, and Chief Deputy Jared Akins, who has been out of the race since the May 24 primary. The Democratic Party candidate facing Brown in the Nov. 8 general election, Keith Howard, reported receiving $6,429 for his entire campaign through Sept. 30. ‘Concerned Citizens' An Oct. 13 Statesboro Herald advertisement, not placed by Howard's campaign but by "Concerned Citizens of Bulloch County," questioned Brown's ethics for accepting a $2,500 contribution from a local businessman who had been arrested three times on gambling charges and once on an obstruction of law enforcement charge.
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