Experience won out in the race for Dane County Sheriff as Republican incumbent Gary Hamblin carried 77 percent of the vote to Green Party candidate Adam Benedetto's 23 percent.
\No one expected Hamblin to bend to so many of my platforms,"" Benedetto said in a statement. ""I think my youthful presence also educated him about drug policy issues'hopefully he has a better perspective now than when we started this race.""
Hamblin has served as Dane County Sheriff for the past five years. Benedetto, a graduate of UW-River Falls, works as a manager at Restaurant Magnus, 120 E. Wilson St.
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