Oakland, Wayne Co. sheriff challengers hope voters will overlook their criminal records

Amrit Kohli said he's qualified to be the Oakland County sheriff because he's been an Oakland County Jail inmate and knows what needs to be fixed.

Wayne County sheriff candidate T. P. Nykoriak said his federal conviction for stealing from a Detroit church should not prevent him from being elected as the county's top law enforcement official.

Kohli, a Democrat, and Nykoriak, a Republican, each acknowledged that their campaigns are long shots against the incumbents, although both challengers said they hope to win and don't consider their runs for sheriff to be merely symbolic.

Kohli is running against Republican Michael Bouchard, Oakland County's longtime sheriff who was first elected in 1999, while Nykoriak is hoping to unseat Wayne County Sheriff Raphael Washington, a Democrat who is seeking a second full term after being appointed to the office in 2021 following the death of former Sheriff Benny Napoleon.


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