Beaver County sheriff race: Undersheriff, 911 Coordinator Compete in Runoff

By Faithanna Olsson nondoc.com

Beaver County’s sheriff candidates both enjoy working with their hands on and off the job. Scott Mitchell, the 911 coordinator for Beaver County, uses his spare time to connect with his roots as a former farmer by working in his yard. Shawn Campbell, Beaver County’s undersheriff, said he enjoys working on the ranch he owns and making saddles in his leather shop.

Campbell and Mitchell came out ahead in the June primary election that eliminated two other candidates. Mitchell received 41.76 percent of the vote, and Campbell obtained 35.21 percent in the primary. Now, they appear on the Aug. 27 runoff ballot to succeed retiring Sheriff Reuben Parker, who has worked since 1996 at the sheriff’s office in Beaver County, a 5,000-person county that makes up the eastern portion of the Oklahoma Panhandle.

With no other candidates in the race, the winner of the runoff will take office in January.