Sheriff Election — Craighead County, Arkansas
Craighead Sheriff · the arena · a two-district northeast city hires one desk in 2026 · in Jonesboro, Arkansas · not in Little Rock
The 2026 oval in Jonesboro, not Lake City as a second hire, not Little Rock
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 Craighead County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Jonesboro hires one Sheriff for two districts. The capital does not.
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 — not one per district.
- 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. A capital rumor does not hire this badge. Little Rock is still the capital. Lake City is a city and an eastern courthouse, not a second Sheriff hire. Arkansas State University is a campus, not this oval. Brookland is a city, not the hall. Two courthouses are not two ovals. This is not Pulaski-with-rice.
Absentee with the County Clerk on South Main, not Willett Road as the clerk
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 511 S. Main Street, Room 202, Jonesboro, AR 72401 (phone 870-933-4520). An eastern clerk door lists at Lake City. That is not a second absentee board and not a second Sheriff hire. Do not treat Willett Road jail as the clerk. Do not treat a Pulaski 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 Jonesboro, not Little Rock as this county
Do not take names from a capital rumor, a campus flyer, a Lake City municipal card, or a Memphis card as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Craighead County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — northeast-city patrol and a Willett Road house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Craighead County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol east and west of Crowley’s Ridge, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at both district doors, and detention this Sheriff still holds at 901 Willett Road, Jonesboro. You are not hiring Jonesboro PD. You are not hiring ASU police. You are not hiring Pulaski’s Sheriff. You are not hiring two sheriffs. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring the separate Tax Collector on Union Street.
Read the office page for Willett Road as this jailer, Jonesboro as the seat and the large city, not the capital, and Lake City as the eastern courthouse, not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Brookland
A bad service or a paper that missed Caraway — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. The Quorum Court is not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Little Rock. Not Jonesboro City Hall as this oval. Not a campus public-safety desk as this oval.
Relief when U.S. 63 ices or a Ridge road floods
Ice on Crowley’s Ridge, a wreck on U.S. 63, a night road outside Bay, high water toward Monette — this county’s mutual aid first. Greene is a different count. Poinsett is a different count. Mississippi County is a different count. Jonesboro city hall is a different government. Lake City’s town board is a different government.
Service — papers west in Jonesboro, papers east in Lake City, one badge
Papers filed west at 511 S. Main. Papers filed east at 113 Cobean. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 63 frontage remains this badge. County detention on Willett Road remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a capital rumor
A levy in Brookland still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the State Capitol, or because a visitor photographed a campus.
Rights from Lake City to the Greene line
Equal protection on both sides of the Ridge. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Jonesboro and a family in Lake City hire the same Sheriff.