Darryl Forté

Darryl Forté

Jackson County Sheriff

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

6

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Darryl Forté is the Jackson County Sheriff in Missouri. Forté assumed office in 2019. Forté's current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Forté (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Jackson County Sheriff in Missouri. Forté won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2024)

General election

General election for Jackson County Sheriff

Incumbent Darryl Forté won election in the general election for Jackson County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darryl Forté (D)	95.7	251,254
		Other/Write-in votes	4.3	11,249

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 262,503
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Jackson County Sheriff

Incumbent Darryl Forté advanced from the Democratic primary for Jackson County Sheriff on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darryl Forté	100.0	26,826

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,826
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Forté in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2020)

General election

General election for Jackson County Sheriff

Incumbent Darryl Forté won election in the general election for Jackson County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darryl Forté (D)	95.8	266,939
		Other/Write-in votes	4.2	11,719

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 278,658
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Jackson County Sheriff

Incumbent Darryl Forté defeated Mike Sharp in the Democratic primary for Jackson County Sheriff on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darryl Forté	81.7	67,164
	Submit photo	Mike Sharp	18.3	14,997

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 82,161
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2018)

On July 31, 2018, Judge David M. Byrn of Missouri's 16th Circuit Court ruled that election officials would not be allowed to tabulate results for the primary election for sheriff. State law mandates that party officials choose nominees for sheriff if the position is vacated voluntarily within one year of when the position would be up for election. Former Sheriff Mike Sharp resigned in April 2018. Because the ruling came down one week before the primary election, the names of primary candidates could not be removed from the ballot. The results of the primary were void.

The county Democratic Party committee selected Darryl Forte as their general election candidate on August 21. The chairman of the county Republican Party committee said on July 31 that a Republican nominee would be selected by August 7. David Bernal was selected to run on the Republican ticket.

Darryl Forté defeated David Bernal in the general election for Jackson County Sheriff on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Jackson County Sheriff

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darryl Forté (D)	80.8	89,157
	Submit photo	David Bernal (R)	19.1	21,037
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	208

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 110,402 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Darryl Forté did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Darryl Forté did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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