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Dan Saban | |
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Buckeye Police Chief | |
In office February 2005 –May 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Website | http://dansabanforsheriff.com/ [ dead link ] |
Daniel E. Saban (born 1956) is the former police chief of Buckeye, Arizona, United States of America and three-time candidate for sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Saban ran as a Republican in 2004, as a Democrat in 2008, and again as a Republican in 2016. [1] [2]
Saban has a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in justice studies and a master's degree from Northern Arizona University in human relations and educational leadership.
Saban worked as a law enforcement professional for 32 years, serving in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (1975–1979), Mesa Police Department (1979–2004; Commander, ret.) and Buckeye Police Department (2005–2008; Chief of Police). Saban now owns The Saban Group, LLC, a law enforcement litigation and consulting company.
Saban has alleged that he was a victim of his political rival, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. [3] During Saban's 2004 run for sheriff, Arpaio opened a criminal investigation into a 30-year-old allegation that Saban, then 17, had raped his adoptive mother. [4] Saban lost the election and sued for defamation and lost but cost the county $800,000 in legal fees. [5] [6]
Saban was endorsed by The Arizona Republic and the Phoenix New Times when he ran in 2008. [7] [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Arpaio (incumbent) | 730,426 | 55.2 | -1.5 | |
Democratic | Dan Saban | 558,176 | 42.2 | +11.5 | |
Libertarian | Chris A.H. Will | 35,425 | 2.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 172,250 | 13.0 | -13.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,324,027 | +16.8 | |||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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