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Putnam residents vote in new county sheriff
Written by Marlena Ballinger   
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:59 PM

Putnam Sentinel Editor

PUTNAM COUNTY — Putnam County will have a new sheriff next year as current Sheriff, Jim Beutler was defeated by Mike Chandler.
Chandler defeated Beutler in a close race by gaining 56.46 percent of the votes in the county. With Chandler taking 9,957 votes he is excited to begin his career as the county’s sheriff however wants to let his win “sink in before making any promises of change for the county.

“I don’t have any plans as of right now, I need to get into office and see if any changes need to be made and will make them at that time,” he said.

Although Chandler is glad he won, he feels it is unfortunate that someone had to lose.

 

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