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A new Grant County sheriff and the end of an era in Eastern Oregon

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In The NewsIt’s the end of an era in Canyon City. Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer has been ousted after five terms. Returns Wednesday morning show a double-digit lead for the head of the county probation department, Todd McKinley.Related: THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“I wasn’t expecting quite that decisive, and I am well pleased that this is the people’s decision,” McKinley said. “I spent not a dime on this campaign and the people made the choice. That speaks volumes.”McKinley ran a low-key campaign, , not wanting to further polarize people over a sheriff who makes his own rules.Palmer is perhaps best known for his role . He also drew criticism more recently for deputizing his brother, who is a county commissioner, and for continuing to pay a salary to a disgraced deputy who is married to the undersheriff.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Voters in Grant and Harney counties also elected a new circuit court judge for the first time in decades.Canyon City defense attorney Rob Raschio carried the 24th Judicial District with a decisive majority by late Tuesday night. Raschio replaces Judge William Cramer, who is retiring.Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter still picked up some votes, even though he dropped out of the race and endorsed write-in candidate John Lamborn two months before the election. is still pending, alleging he acted improperly by launching a criminal investigation into an acquaintance who recorded Carpenter without permission.Early returns show Lamborn more than 40 percentage points behind Raschio.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Sign up to get important news and culture from around the Northwest, delivered to your inbox six days a week.Tags:&nbsp;, , , Streaming NowThink Out LoudOPB NewsKMHD

In The NewsIt’s the end of an era in Canyon City. Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer has been ousted after five terms. Returns Wednesday morning show a double-digit lead for the head of the county probation department, Todd McKinley.Related: THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“I wasn’t expecting quite that decisive, and I am well pleased that this is the people’s decision,” McKinley said. “I spent not a dime on this campaign and the people made the choice. That speaks volumes.”McKinley ran a low-key campaign, , not wanting to further polarize people over a sheriff who makes his own rules.Palmer is...

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