Anti-police 'satanist' runs for sheriff as Republican in NH
(AP) -- With more than 4,200 votes, Republicans in one New Hampshire county nominated an unconventional candidate for sheriff: a self-described satanist whose campaign slogan disparages the police.
Since then, Aria DiMezzo, a transgender woman in her early 30s, has become a minor celebrity and the target of online attacks, vandalism including a homophobic slur spray-painted on her car, and a write-in campaign to weaken her chances.
DiMezzo the lone Republican candidate for Cheshire County sheriff in September's primary believes most voters blindly checked the box next to her name. She only registered as a Republican at the last second, after concluding her bid to get on the ballot as a Libertarian her preferred party would have required gathering signatures amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Anyone who takes a look at me knows pretty much right off the bat that I'm clearly not a Republican, said DiMezzo, who stands over 6 feet tall, sports fire-engine red hair and has tattoos on both arms, including one for the Greek letter pi and the word coexist.
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