A federal judge who ruled 13 years ago that Hispanics were racially profiled in then-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix has spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency.

He faces his former second-in-command, Jerry Sheridan, in the Aug. 4 Republican primary in what has become his second comeback bid. In what Arpaio acknowledges could be his last political race, he was trailing Jerry Sheridan, his former second-in-command, by 572 votes as the vote count continued Wednesday. Arpaio based much of his campaign around his support of President Donald Trump, who spared Arpaio a possible jail sentence when he pardoned his contempt of court conviction. He also pointed out that Arpaio has spent about $1 million in the race, compared to Sheridans $90,000. ONeil believes Arpaio and Sheridan would both get whooped by the more low-profile Penzone in the November general election.

Arpaio, who became nationally known for his hardline on immigrants in the country illegally, lost his post as in 2016. It's suspicious, since I'm running for sheriff," Arpaio said in an interview. The sheriff's office is now run by Democrat Paul Penzone, who beat Arpaio and denied political motivations in his office's release of Giaquinto's reports. But Olson said they were thwarted by Brian Sands, the sheriff's office executive with oversight over the immigration unit. Although Arpaio wasn't the target of any of the internal investigations, Giaquinto said the entire chain of command at the sheriff's office including Arpaio was to blame for the failure to rein in Armendariz.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show a court-appointed investigator concluded that high-ranking managers for former metro Phoenix Sheriff Arpaio disregarded a federal judge's order to halt immigration sweeps targeting Latinos. The investigator also said four other managers, two of them high-ranking, failed to push the department to comply with the judge's order. It's suspicious, since I'm running for sheriff," Arpaio said in an interview. The sheriff's office is now run by Democrat Paul Penzone, who beat Arpaio and denied political motivations in his office's release of Giaquinto's reports. But Olson said they were thwarted by Brian Sands, the sheriff's office executive with oversight over the immigration unit.