Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is set to run for a second term unopposed, as no challengers filed paperwork by the March 11 deadline with the county’s Registrar’s Office to join the June 7 election.
Barnes, who ran in 2018 while serving as the undersheriff and with close to 30 years of experience with the county’s Sheriff’s Department, widely defeated opponent Duke Nguyen, a former Santa Ana police officer. Barnes also had the endorsement of the incumbent at the time, Sandra Hutchens.