In boxing, it’s said that styles make fights. But a legal fight between two California gubernatorial candidates concerns style and politics.

Democrat Stephen J. Cloobeck recently sued Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco , who is running as a Republican in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom .

The lawsuit, filed Aug. 19 in Riverside Superior Court, accuses Bianco of violating state campaign finance law by wearing his official sheriff’s uniform at political events.

The complaint includes photos of Bianco from his social media and campaign website. In them, he’s either wearing a tan sheriff’s shirt or collared, button-down shirts with an embroidered sheriff’s badge.

“The people of Riverside County and all Californians need to know that their elected sheriff is misu

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