Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Esmeralda County Sheriff Kenneth Elgan won his sixth term in office during the 2018 primary elections, grabbing nearly 60 percent of voting in the election cycl …

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
Esmeralda County Sheriff Kenneth Elgan won his sixth term in office during the 2018 primary elections, grabbing nearly 60 percent of voting in the election cycle. By Nevada statute, the winning candidate has to gain 50 percent or more of the vote in the primary to avoid facing off with a second place contender in the fall.