2 El Dorado County sheriff’s candidates in final lap
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee
One of the area’s longest-running local elections – a two-year marathon – is nearing the finish line.
“It’s kind of like ‘Groundhog Day.’ It just goes on and on,” said Craig Therkildsen, who faces John D’Agostini in a Nov. 2 run-off for El Dorado County sheriff.
D’Agostini decided to run against then-El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Neves back in September 2008, he said.
Neves’ decision to step down, announced in 2009, set off a 12-month, six-candidate race that ended in June when D’Agostini edged Therkildsen – a sheriff’s captain whom Neves favored as a successor – in the primary.