Former Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office investigator and current 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office investigator Eric Tisdale, released the following statement on Wednesday announcing his intention to run for sheriff in 2018: I’m Eric Tisdale and I am running for Kershaw County Sheriff as a Republican candidate in the June 2018 primary. I have 34 years of public service. In 1984, I began as a junior firefighter and then a police dispatcher in my hometown of Kingstree.