May 25, 2016
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
Wheeler County Sheriff J. Wesley Crites was reelected Tuesday in a special run-off election.
Crites, originally from Pampa, will be serving his second term as sheriff beginning in January of 2017.
Crites opponent was Jimmy W. Adams who received 453 votes to Crites 656 votes. Crites won with almost 60 % of the votes cast.
Crites has served as a professional police officer for over 34 years, according to his campaign material and retired as Commander of Texas DPS Narcotics Division and is currently commissioned as Special Texas Ranger for the department.
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