DOUG TIMMERMAN – MERCER COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY – FORMALLY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION ON THURSDAY TO SEEK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR SHERIFF. HE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF RETIRING SHERIFF JEFF GREY. TIMMERMAN – WHO HAS SERVED IN EVERY DIVISION – IS A 29 YEAR VETERAN OF THE MERCER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. PROFESSIONALLY – TIMMERMAN IS A MEMBER OF THE BUCKEYE STATE SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION – WHERE HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND AWARDS COMMITTEES. HE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION. ACCORDING TO HIS PRESS RELEASE – TIMMERMAN IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MERCER COUNTY AND LIVES WITH HIS WIFE JILL AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS – SAMMI AND SIERA.
