KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A three-year long investigation by former Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden cost taxpayers $88,000 and found no evidence of election fraud during the 2020 election.

For almost three years, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden has made skepticism of the 2020 election results and the security of the county’s election procedures a running theme of his time in ...

Last month, Hayden said he suspended the investigation, blaming the county’s destruction in February of ballots from 2019, 2020, and 2021, which is at least 17 months late but in line with state ...

Calvin Hayden, the sheriff of Johnson County, Kansas, who for years promoted a Trumpian investigation of the county’s election system, was defeated in a Republican primary Tuesday night by Doug ...

Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden lost his reelection bid in Tuesday’s primary, signaling discontent among a majority of Republican voters over his long-running and controversial election ...

Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden in September 2022. Hayden’s office said he will run for reelection in 2024. Roberson had been expected to formally end the investigation.

FILE – Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff Calvin Hayden speaks at a news conference, Aug. 27, 2020, in Olathe, Kan. (Shelly Yang/The Kansas City Star via AP, File) ...

Doug Bedford, the former undersheriff of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, defeated his former boss, two-term incumbent Calvin Hayden, in the Republican primary.

Johnson County, Kansas, Sheriff Calvin Hayden is going up against a familiar face in this month’s primary election. Doug Bedford, Hayden’s former undersheriff, is challenging the incumbent in ...

Johnson County voters chose Byron Roberson as their next sheriff in a close race Tuesday, electing a Democrat to lead the department for the first time in nearly a century and after heavy scrutiny ...

Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson officially ended the years-long election fraud investigation initiated by his predecessor, Calvin Hayden. It produced no criminal charges.

FILE - Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff Calvin Hayden speaks at a news conference, Aug. 27, 2020, in Olathe, Kan. (Shelly Yang/The Kansas City Star via AP, File) more > ...