Sheriff Election — Clark County, Arkansas
Clark Sheriff · the arena · an Ouachita-foothill county hires this desk in 2026 · in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
The 2026 oval in Arkadelphia, not Las Vegas, not Grove Hill
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 Clark County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Arkadelphia hires a Sheriff who still holds Fifth 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. Eleven justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. A Las Vegas rumor does not hire this badge. Clark County, Nevada is a different state. Clarke County, Alabama is a different state. Gurdon is a city, not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital. Campus police do not hire this badge.
Absentee with the County Clerk on Clay, not Fifth Street jail
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 401 Clay Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923 (phone 870-246-4491). That is not 406 South 5th, not a Nevada registrar, 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 Arkadelphia, not Clark County, Nevada
Do not take names from a Las Vegas rumor, a Grove Hill rumor, a Gurdon town flyer, or a campus card as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Clark County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — pine-county patrol and a 50-bed house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Clark County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 401 Clay, detention this Sheriff still holds at 406 South 5th Street, and collector where the offices remain combined. You are not hiring Arkadelphia PD. You are not hiring campus police. You are not hiring a Nevada Sheriff. You are not hiring an Alabama Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Fifth Street as this jailer, Arkadelphia as the seat, Las Vegas as not this hall, and Grove Hill as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Gurdon
A bad service or a paper that missed Amity — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Eleven JPs are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Nevada. Not Alabama.
Relief when DeGray rises or a timber fire sits
High water toward DeGray Lake, a wreck on I-30, a timber fire toward Gurdon, a night road outside Caddo Valley — this county’s mutual aid first. Hot Spring is a different count. Pike is a different count. Ouachita is a different count. Arkadelphia city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a clock-tower docket, a Gurdon night shift
Papers. An Arkadelphia courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated I-30 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge. The collector window, where combined, remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Las Vegas rumor
A levy in Gurdon still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the Strip, or because a visitor photographed Grove Hill.
Rights from Amity to the Ouachita line
Equal protection on the pine map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Arkadelphia and a family in Gurdon hire the same Sheriff.