After Tuesday's election, longtime Kanawha County sheriff's deputy Sean Crosier will follow in his father and grandfather's footsteps and serve in law enforcement in Monroe County.
Crosier, who retired from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office last year after a 27-year career, was elected on Tuesday as a Democrat to serve as the Monroe County sheriff.
He received 3,266 votes, while Republican challenger Scott Miller received 2,355.
Crosier, who is 50 years old and grew up in Monroe County, said his grandfather Virgil "Cap" Crosier served as game warden in Monroe County for about 20 years.
His father, Jerry Crosier, then served as game warden in Monroe County for about 17 years. He always wanted to be a police officer.
Jerry Crosier passed away in April, but the younger Crosier said he knew his father was proud of him.
"I always wanted to go back home and run for sheriff," Crosier said.
He hopes to establish an anonymous tip line, develop neighborhood watch programs, and aggressively target heroin and prescription opioids. He said he wants to help addicts get treatment and "make the dealers' lives miserable."
Crosier said he thinks his 27 years with the Kanawha sheriff's office will serve him well.
"That's probably like 100 years in Monroe County experience," he joked.
In Kanawha County, Crosier spent 10 years on road patrol and served on the county SWAT team. He was also on of the few Kanawha deputies trained to give polygraph tests. For the last several years of his service, he served as an official spokesman.