Sheriff Laurie Smith snared more than 60 percent of the vote after absentee ballots were released at 8pm.

Newly unearthed records reveal how the sheriff candidate helped Morrissey keep his job, get good assignments and sue Santa Clara County.

Don Morrissey, a twice-demoted deputy who recently resigned as union president, is set to give up his badge this weekend.

Hunger strikes, an in-custody death and the new politics of criminal justice define the race for Santa Clara County sheriff.

NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts.

Sheriff candidate Joseph LaJeunesse may have put in 14 years at the Santa Clara County law enforcement agency, but he still feels like an outsider.

Activists rallied today to protest plans by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office to arm jail and patrol deputies with Tasers.

The union for Santa Clara County sheriff deputies has come out in support of jail inmates staging a two-week hunger strike.

A sheriff’s deputy was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after allegedly waving a gun around in a Jack In the Box drive-through.

Tuesday's primary election told us a number of things: Ro Khanna has more than an uphill fight against Mike Honda, spoilers altered the San Jose mayor's race and libertarians in Silicon Valley have disappeared.

Parents of Audrie Pott, the Saratoga teen who committed suicide after being sexually assaulted by classmates, are furious about a political mailer that makes it look like they support Kevin Jensen in the Santa Clara County sheriff’s race.