Sheriff Election — Calhoun County, Arkansas
Calhoun Sheriff · the arena · the least-populous Arkansas county hires this desk in 2026 · in Hampton, Arkansas
The 2026 oval in Hampton, not Anniston
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 Calhoun County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Hampton hires a Sheriff who still holds Ninth Street
Arkansas Constitution Article 7, § 46: four years. Sheriff sits on the gubernatorial table. Amendment 95 moved the desk from two years to four beginning 2018.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: Ark. Code § 21-1-102 — Thursday, 1 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment within thirty days (§ 14-14-1310). Not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Nine justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. An Anniston rumor does not hire this badge. Calhoun County, Alabama is a different state. Thornton is a town, not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital.
Absentee with the County Clerk on Main, not Ninth Street jail
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk / Circuit Clerk — Association of Arkansas Counties lists that desk at P.O. Box 1175, Hampton, AR 71744 (phone 870-798-2517), on the 309 West Main campus. That is not 449 9th Street, not Anniston’s Noble Street, not an Alabama board of elections as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov/elections and VoteView.
Sample ballot in Hampton, not Calhoun County, Alabama
Do not take names from an Anniston rumor or a Thornton town flyer as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Calhoun County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — least-populous-county patrol and a 28-bed house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Calhoun County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 309 West Main, detention this Sheriff still holds at 449 9th Street, and collector where the offices remain combined. You are not hiring Hampton municipal as the whole map. You are not hiring an Alabama Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Ninth Street as this jailer, Hampton as the seat, and Anniston as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Thornton
A bad service or a paper that missed Harrell — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine JPs are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Alabama.
Relief when Moro Creek floods or a timber fire sits
High water on Moro Creek, a wreck on U.S. 167, a timber fire toward Tinsman, a night road outside Harrell — this county’s mutual aid first. Ouachita is a different count. Bradley is a different count. Dallas is a different count. Hampton town hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a clock-tower docket, a Harrell night shift
Papers. A Hampton courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 167 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge. The collector window, where combined, remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for an Anniston rumor
A levy in Thornton still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Anniston.
Rights from Tinsman to the Ouachita line
Equal protection on the timber map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Hampton and a family in Thornton hire the same Sheriff.