Sheriff Election — Cleveland County, Arkansas
Cleveland Sheriff · the arena · a timber county hires one desk in 2026 · in Rison, Arkansas
The 2026 oval in Rison, not Cleveland, Ohio, not 408 Main
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 Cleveland County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Rison hires one Sheriff for a renamed Dorsey County
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. One sheriff for the county.
- 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. Justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. An Ohio rumor does not hire this badge. Cleveland, Ohio is a different state. Cleveland County, Oklahoma is a different state. Cleveland County, North Carolina is a different state. Kingsland is a city, not the hall. Toledo was the first seat — it is not the hall now. Little Rock is still the capital.
Absentee with the County Clerk on Magnolia, not the 10-bed house as the clerk
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County / Circuit Clerk at 20 Magnolia Street, Rison, AR 71665 (phone 870-325-6521, mailing P.O. Box 368). Do not treat the jail door as the clerk. Do not treat a Cuyahoga 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 Rison, not Cleveland, Ohio
Do not take names from an Ohio rumor, a Kingsland municipal card, or a Pine Bluff flyer as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Cleveland County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — timber-road patrol and a Magnolia Street house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Cleveland County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol on the Saline, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at the 1911 clock tower, and detention this Sheriff still holds at 20 Magnolia Street. You are not hiring Rison PD. You are not hiring an Ohio Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring the separate Tax Collector.
Read the office page for Magnolia Street as this jailer, Rison as the seat, and Toledo as the first seat, not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Kingsland
A bad service or a paper that missed New Edinburg — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. The Quorum Court is not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Ohio. Not Rison City Hall as this oval.
Relief when the Saline floods or a U.S. 79 road ices
High water on the Saline, a wreck on U.S. 79, ice toward Woodlawn, a night road outside Kingsland — this county’s mutual aid first. Jefferson is a different count. Bradley is a different count. Dallas is a different count. Rison city hall is a different government. Kingsland town hall is a different government.
Service — papers on Magnolia, night hours the office posts
Papers filed at 20 Magnolia. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 79 frontage remains this badge. County detention on Magnolia remains this badge. ASA lists that house males-only, 10 beds — confirm live female housing before a family drives.
Due process does not wait for a Cuyahoga rumor
A levy in Kingsland still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Terminal Tower, or because a visitor photographed Toledo.
Rights from Woodlawn to the Jefferson line
Equal protection on timber roads and river bottoms. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Rison and a family in Kingsland hire the same Sheriff.