Donuel and the western threads have inspired me.

The New Sherif

A New Sherif is elected under dubious circumstances. He is desperate to prove to the town that he can keep them safe. When a notorious Rustler comes to town he claims to have looked into his eyes and seen his soul. While the sherif is at his ranch, Bandits burn down the bank. He promises to catch them dead or alive. But when they prove to be elusive, to prove he is tough, he arrests a rancher for a water war which had been settled years before.

Meanwhile he gets reelected.
The rancher's men are in the hills killing deputies, the town is going broke and a new election it coming up.

That is all that I have so far.