Sheriff Election — Cross County, Arkansas
Cross Sheriff · the arena · a Ridge-and-Delta county hires this desk in 2026 · in Wynne · Jonesboro remains Craighead
The 2026 oval in Wynne — not Jonesboro, not Marion
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 Cross County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is on the 2026 ballot. Arkansas county sheriffs sit on the gubernatorial table.
Wynne hires a Sheriff who still holds South Falls
Article 7, § 46 / Amendment 95: four years.
- Last regular general: Tuesday, 8 November 2022.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff (where needed): Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- Next regular general: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: 1 January 2027 (A.C.A. § 21-1-102).
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment until the next general (A.C.A. § 14-14-1310). Not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Nine Justices of the Peace sit — two-year desks, not this oval. A Jonesboro rumor does not hire this badge. Craighead is a different county. Crittenden is a different county. Little Rock is the capital.
Clerk work sits on East Union — not South Falls as this clerk, not Jonesboro as this clerk
County Clerk work for Cross County lists at 705 East Union Street, Suite 8, Wynne. Circuit Clerk lists Suite 9. That is county clerk work — not Wynne City Hall as this clerk, not a Craighead clerk as this clerk, not the Secretary of State’s Capitol suite as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Cross County — not Craighead, not Crittenden
Do not take names from a Jonesboro rumor, a Marion flyer, or a Village Creek postcard as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Cross County Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Cross County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. Unopposed county nominees sometimes do not reprint on the November card — confirm the Clerk, do not invent a missing race.
What you are hiring — Ridge patrol and a 143-bed house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Cross County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across Cherry Valley remainder, Parkin remainder, Hickory Ridge, and the Ridge roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 705 East Union; and the jail at 1600 South Falls Boulevard. You are not hiring Wynne Police. You are not hiring Craighead. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 1600 South Falls as this jailer, Wynne as the seat, and Crowley’s Ridge as geography, not a second oval.
Remedy when a writ misses Cherry Valley
A bad service or a paper that missed Parkin remainder or Hickory Ridge — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Jonesboro. Not Marion as this oval.
Relief when the Ridge ices or the flats flood
Fog on Crowley’s Ridge, a wreck on U.S. 64, high water on the Delta flats, a night road outside Hickory Ridge — this county’s mutual aid first. Craighead is a different count. Crittenden is a different count. St. Francis is a different count. Wynne city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Union Street docket, a night shift toward Parkin
Papers. A Wynne courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Ridge road remains this badge. 1600 South Falls remains this badge. ADC does not.
Due process does not wait for a Jonesboro rumor
A levy in unincorporated Cross still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Jonesboro.
Rights from Hickory Ridge to the Crittenden line
Equal protection on the Ridge-and-Delta map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on South Falls and a family in Wynne hire the same Sheriff.