predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
richard j. boykin chris nanos helena , texas democratic sheriff of pima county , arizona 11 january 1936 1980 clarence dupnik
 2015 clarence dupnik
clarence dupnik

clarence william dupnik -lrb- born january 11 , 1936 -rrb- is a retired american law enforcement official .
dupnik was appointed sheriff of pima county , arizona , in february 1980 to fill a vacancy rising from the resignation of his predecessor , richard boykin .
he won election in his own right in september 1980 , and has been re-elected every four years since .
dupnik is a member of the democratic party .
dupnik retired from the pima county sheriff 's office in 2015 .
