The Election for Mayor
Star and Farnum for mayor, Bullock and Manning for sheriff.
In the third season elections are announced in the camp: Sol Star and E. B. Farnum run for mayor, while Seth Bullock and Harry Manning, the barman at Tom Nuttall's No. 10 Saloon, compete for sheriff. Angered that George Hearst has had someone killed in the Gem, Al Swearengen cancels the election debates in an attempt to reassert his position in the camp.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 3
- Mayoral candidates
- Sol Star, E. B. Farnum
- Sheriff candidates
- Seth Bullock, Harry Manning
Lore & Background
Bullock later receives discouraging news about the county election returns in his race against Manning, knowing that Hearst may have manipulated the results with federal soldiers brought in to vote for his handpicked candidate elsewhere in the county. Nuttall talks of co-founding a fire brigade with Manning while his barman is standing for sheriff. In Deadwood: The Movie, Calamity Jane kills the treacherous Manning to save Bullock from a shot in the back.
Reader's Guide
The election runs alongside Hearst's campaign to take Alma Garret's claim; Al's cancelled debates and the suspect county returns show how far Hearst's reach extends.
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