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Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson officially ended the years-long election fraud investigation initiated by his predecessor, Calvin Hayden. It produced no criminal charges.
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden lost his reelection bid in Tuesday’s primary, signaling discontent among a majority of Republican voters over his long-running and controversial election ...
A three-year investigation by former Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden cost taxpayers $88,000 and found no evidence of election fraud in Johnson County during the 2020 election.
Roberson found in his own investigation that Hayden spent $88,000 and 880 hours on the fruitless investigation. At the time, Hayden claimed he received more than 200 complaints of fraud and was ...
Bedford held the number two job as undersheriff to Calvin Hayden for four of his 25 years in the sheriff’s office. He left that spot in early 2022.
Calvin Hayden, the sheriff of Johnson County, Kansas, who for years promoted a Trumpian investigation of the county’s election system, was defeated in a Republican primary Tuesday night by Doug ...
KMBC-TV reports that Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden was defeated by Doug Bedford by a 56% to 43% margin. A former U.S. Navy SEAL, Bedford served as Hayden's undersheriff from 2017 to 2021.
Johnson County voters chose Byron Roberson as their next sheriff in a close race Tuesday, electing a Democrat to lead the department for the first time in nearly a century and after heavy scrutiny ...
Former Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden investigated Johnson County Election Commissioner Fred Sherman over allegations of voter intimidation, according to records obtained by The Star. The ...