Macomb County Sheriff
The previous county sheriff, Mark's father Bill Hackel, resigned after being convicted on April 27, 2000 of two counts of third-degree criminal-sexual conduct. Mark won the Democratic nomination for sheriff on August 8, 2000, capturing 46% of the vote in a 15-person primary. He defeated Republican Steve Thomas in November 2000, winning 52% of the vote to become County Sheriff. Hackel won re-election in 2004 and 2008, defeating Republican Kristi Dean both times. In his 2008 win over Dean, he received 78.4 percent of the vote and set a new record of 314,778 total votes for a county wide elected office.
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