MUSCATINE — Kenny Hora, a Detective for Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, officially filed petitions for nomination and affidavit of candidacy. Hora seeks to win the Republican nomination for sheriff in the upcoming primary election June 2.
Hora places high value on his reputation for being a trustworthy, dependable, and respectful member of his community.
Hora is the only candidate in this election who grew up in Muscatine County, graduating from West Liberty High School. He received his Associate’s Degree from Kirkwood Community College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice through Upper Iowa University.
Hora has worked in law enforcement for nearly 16 years, starting his career with the Wilton and West Liberty police departments. He went through the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and was hired by the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office in 2013.
Hora is well versed in many areas of the agency. He started in the Patrol Division before transferring to the Criminal Investigations Division. There he managed the domestic violence program and served as an investigator with the Muscatine County Medical Examiner’s Office. He currently serves as an MDT member with the local Child Protection Center, and he is a member of the Muscatine County Dive Team. Hora is also a member of the Muscatine Special Operations Response Team (MSORT), where he began serving on the Entry Team, and has since progressed to Sniper Team, receiving a promotion to assistant team leader.
If elected, Hora will work to restore the vote of confidence within the agency, implement a JOBS over JAILS program, develop a pipeline in the jail to help inmates gain job skills, create real opportunities for employment, improve local level sex offender processes, and enhance the domestic violence programs countywide.
