Sheriff candidate Charmaine McGuffey (via Twitter) Out lesbian Charmaine McGuffey defeated incumbent Sheriff Jim Neil, who fired McGuffey in 2017 for being gay.
She won the race in this week’s barely-reported Democratic Ohio primary with 68 percent of the vote, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
McGuffey will face Republican Bruce Hoffbauer in the November election to become sheriff of Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati.