A lifelong citizen of Kershaw County, Donald Branham announced Thursday he will seek election for Kershaw County Sheriff as a Republican candidate in the June 2018 primary. “As sheriff of Kershaw County, community policing will be the core of the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office,” Branham said in a press release. “Community policing will build strong ties and interactive partnerships with the community and other law enforcement agencies -- shifting the reactive mentality of responding to crime to a proactive approach that focuses on crime prevention -- stopping crime before it ever happens.”