Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Hoffman announced Thursday he will face Jasper County Chief Deputy John Halferty in November’s election for Jasper County sheriff.

Pending his nomination by the Jasper County Republican Party, Hoffman will run as a Republican against Halferty, a Democrat and 15-year-veteran of the sheriff’s office.

Halferty’s challenger, a 21-year law enforcement veteran and a former Baxter police chief, was born and raised in Jasper County. Halferty took the position of sheriff’s deputy in 1997 and was appointed chief deputy by retiring Sheriff Mike Balmer in 2000.