Sheriff Election — Barbour County, Alabama
Barbour Sheriff · the arena · the Chattahoochee county hires this desk in 2026 · in Clayton
The 2026 oval on the Chattahoochee
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 Barbour County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Clayton hires a Sheriff who still holds the Clayton jail
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 by district — not this oval. Two courthouses do not make two sheriffs. A lake rumor does not hire this badge. Eufaula is a city. Georgia is a different state.
Two courthouses do not make two ovals
Clayton: One Court Square. Eufaula: 405 East Barbour Street. The Circuit Clerk staffs both. Absentee and the sample ballot are a county product, not a Eufaula city product. Not 24 Robertson Airport Drive. Not Eufaula City Hall. Not Georgia. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Clayton, not Eufaula City Hall
Do not take names from a riverfront rumor or a Georgia postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Barbour County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Airport Drive patrol and jail, not Eufaula PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Barbour County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process and court security in two courthouses, and the jail at 24 Robertson Airport Drive. You are not hiring Eufaula Police. You are not hiring the warden of Ventress. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Robertson Airport Drive as this jailer and Ventress as state.
Remedy when a writ misses Clio
A bad service or a paper that missed Louisville — 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 the Chattahoochee comes up
A rise on Lake Eufaula, a wreck on U.S. 82, a storm that crosses the Georgia line — this county’s mutual aid first. Bullock’s Union Springs is a different count. Russell’s Phenix City is a different count. Eufaula’s city hall is a different government.
Service — two-courthouse papers, a 98-bed house
Papers in Clayton and Eufaula. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Clio road remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Georgia rumor
A levy in Baker Hill still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Barbour.
Rights from Louisville to Baker Hill
Equal protection on the two-courthouse map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Clio and a family in Louisville hire the same Sheriff.