14 Facts About Jerry Cannon

Nelson "Jerry" Cannon is a retired military general and the former sheriff of Kalkaska County, Michigan.

In 2014, Cannon ran for Congress in Michigan's 1st congressional district, losing to Dan Benishek.

Jerry Cannon has taught criminal justice at Northwestern Michigan College.

In 1977, Jerry Cannon enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard and joined the Kalkaska County Sheriff Department.

Jerry Cannon was promoted to major general in 2006 as commanding general of the 46th Military Police Command in Lansing, Michigan.

Jerry Cannon served two deployments in Iraq during the Iraq War.

Jerry Cannon ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 5,2014.

Jerry Cannon was defeated by Benishek in the general election.

Jerry Cannon was endorsed by the Sierra Club, and the League of Conservation Voters.

In January 2014, Jerry Cannon was interviewed by a reporter from the Daily Mining Gazette.

The day after the interview, the reporter called Jerry Cannon to ask follow-up questions.

The person who answered the phone identified himself as Jerry Cannon, and went on to express his dislike of the Affordable Care Act.

Jerry Cannon is a member of the Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Board of Trustees, chairman of the Garfield Township Parks and Recreation Committee, and a board member of the Northern Michigan Law Enforcement Training Group.

Jerry Cannon came under public scrutiny in November 2018 after a widely shared online police body camera video depicted Jerry Cannon offering to "take responsibility" for Midland County Sheriff Scott Stephenson - after he had been found drunkenly slumped over in his car on the side of a Kalkaska County Road - in an apparent attempt to stop Stephenson from being arrested and jailed for drunk driving.