Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison took the stage Tuesday night moments after his landslide victory over challenger David Waters.

He thanked his wife, his son, the men and women in uniform and so many others who stood by him during "the toughest three months that we've ever endured in the past 20 years."

He didn't go into details about the Ku Klux Klan costume flap or the furor over the death of an Eagle Watch teen.

That wasn't what Tuesday night was about.

Tuesday's gathering at Sixes Tavern was about "celebrating this win," he said.

This term, his sixth, will be his last.

Click on the play button icon to watch snippets of Garrison's victory speech.

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