Sheriff Election — Baldwin County, Alabama
Baldwin Sheriff · the arena · the largest Alabama county by area hires this desk in 2026 · in Bay Minette
The 2026 oval in Bay Minette, not on the sand
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Baldwin County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Baldwin hires a Sheriff who still holds Hand Avenue
Article V, § 138: four years. The Secretary of State 2026 page lists various county offices on the gubernatorial ballot.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Take office: Ala. Code § 36-3-4 — Monday, 18 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment (§ 36-9-17). Coroner acts until a successor is chosen (§ 11-5-5).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Seven Commissioners sit — not this oval. A beach rumor does not hire this badge. Gulf Shores is a city. Baldwin County, Georgia, is a different state.
Circuit Clerk is the absentee manager — in Bay Minette
312 Courthouse Square, Suite 10, Bay Minette, AL 36507. Satellites in Fairhope and Foley are not a second seat and not a second Sheriff. Not 320 North Hoyle. Not 200 Hand Avenue. Not Gulf Shores City Hall. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Bay Minette, not Gulf Shores
Do not take names from a beach rumor or a Georgia postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Baldwin County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Hoyle patrol and Hand Avenue jail, not Foley PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Baldwin County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across gulf, bay, and pine, warrants, civil process, courthouse security, and the Corrections Center at 200 Hand Avenue. You are not hiring Foley Police. You are not hiring Gulf Shores Police. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Hand Avenue as this jailer and the beach towns as cities.
Remedy when a writ misses Elberta
A bad service or a paper that missed north Baldwin pine — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Seven Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Georgia.
Relief when a hurricane comes up the bay
A Gulf tropical system, surge on Fort Morgan, inland flooding on the Fish River — this county’s mutual aid first. Mobile’s port is a different count. Escambia, Florida, is a different count. Foley’s city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a 550-count jail, inland pine roads
Papers. A Courthouse Square courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Robertsdale road remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a beach postcard
A levy in Loxley still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Baldwin.
Rights from the Perdido to the Mobile line
Equal protection on the gulf-bay-pine map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Stapleton and a family in Elberta hire the same Sheriff.