Sheriff Election — Desha County, Arkansas
Desha Sheriff · the arena · southeast Arkansas hires this desk in 2026 · in Arkansas City · Little Rock remains the capital
The 2026 oval in Arkansas City — not Dumas City Hall, not DeWitt, 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 Desha 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.
Arkansas City hires a Sheriff who still answers President Street
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 within thirty days (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 Kansas rumor does not hire this badge. Dumas is not the hall. Arkansas City is not the capital. Little Rock is the capital. This is not Arkansas County. This is not Arkansas City, Kansas.
Clerk work sits at 608 Robert S. Moore — not a Kansas clerk, not Dumas as this clerk
County Clerk work for Desha County sits at 608 Robert S. Moore Avenue, Arkansas City. Confirm the live Clerk and elections door on official Desha County listings before you drive. That is county clerk work — not Dumas City Hall as this clerk, not McGehee City Hall as this clerk, not an Arkansas County clerk in DeWitt as a substitute, not a Kansas clerk as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Desha County, Arkansas — not Arkansas County, not Arkansas City, Kansas
Do not take names from a Dumas rumor, a DeWitt flyer, a Lake Village postcard, or an Arkansas City, Kansas, listing as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Desha County Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Desha 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 — river-road patrol and a live booking door
You are hiring the Sheriff of Desha County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across Dumas remainder, McGehee remainder, Watson, and the levee roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 608 Robert S. Moore; and whatever live detention door the county posts. ASA lists No Jail: Uses Dumas/McGehee. Confirm the live door. You are not hiring Dumas Police. You are not hiring McGehee Police. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring Arkansas County.
Read the office page for 604 President as this hall, Arkansas City as the seat, Dumas as not the hall, and Little Rock as the capital.
Remedy when a writ misses McGehee remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed McGehee remainder or Watson — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Dumas City Hall as this oval. Not DeWitt.
Relief when the Mississippi rises or U.S. 65 ices
High water on the Mississippi, a wreck on U.S. 65, a night road outside Dumas remainder — this county’s mutual aid first. Arkansas County is a different count. Drew is a different count. Chicot is a different count. Dumas city hall is a different government. Mississippi is a different government.
Service — papers on President, a Moore Avenue docket, a night shift toward Dumas
Papers. An Arkansas City courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 65 frontage remains this badge. County 911 dispatch at 605 Highway 65 North, Dumas is dispatch, not Dumas as this hall. ADC does not.
Due process does not wait for a Kansas rumor
A levy in unincorporated Desha still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Kansas, or because a visitor photographed Dumas as if it were the seat.
Rights from Watson to the Chicot line
Equal protection on the three-river map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on President Street and a family in Dumas hire the same Sheriff.