Kunishige explains why she’s a D

In a YouTube video, Tina Kunishige explains why she’s running for Kootenai County sheriff as a Democrat. Basically, she realized that a three-way primary race for sheriff favored the incumbent, esp. since she and challenger John Green sheriff share a constitutionally questionable “constitutional sheriff” approach to law enforcement. (Read: the sheriff reigns supreme in county law enforcement). Kunishige says she doesn’t follow either of the major parties because “I’m not a follower at all, I’m a leader.” Also, she noted that at least two recent sheriffs (Pierce Clegg and Rocky Watson) were Democrats who switched affiliation to Republican. You can see/hear Tina Kunishige reasons for running as a Democrat here.