Three first-time candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.
In Chatham County, Richard Coleman, a Democrat, upset two-term Sheriff John Wilcher, a Republican, in an election centered on issues about burdensome detainee visitation policies and jail conditions.
In McIntosh County, the vacated seat left by Republican Sheriff Stephen Jessup went to Georgia state patrol major, Thornell “T.K.” King, who beat Jessup’s top deputy, Chris Mitchell. King is a Democrat, in a county that went more than 28 points for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris for U.S. president…