Sheriff Election — Franklin County, Alabama
Franklin Sheriff · the arena · a Highland Rim county hires this desk in 2026 · in Russellville, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Russellville, Alabama, not in Winchester, Tennessee
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 Franklin County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Russellville hires a Sheriff who still holds Walnut Gate
Article V, § 138: four years. The Secretary of State 2026 page lists various county offices on the gubernatorial ballot.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Take office: Ala. Code § 36-3-4 — Monday, 18 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment (§ 36-9-17). Coroner acts until a successor is chosen (§ 11-5-5).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Four district Commissioners and a Probate chair sit — not this oval. A Tennessee rumor does not hire this badge. Franklin County, Tennessee, is a different state. Colbert is a different county. Montgomery is still the capital.
Circuit Clerk on Jackson Avenue, not Walnut Gate
Absentee Election Manager: 410 N Jackson Avenue, Russellville, AL 35653. That is the SOS listing — not the Detention Center at 748 Walnut Gate Road, not Russellville City Hall, not a Winchester clerk as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Russellville — not Franklin County, Tennessee
Do not take names from a Winchester rumor or a Shoals postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Franklin County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Highland Rim patrol and a 2008 Detention Center, not Russellville PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Franklin County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on Jackson, and detention this office still maintains at Walnut Gate. You are not hiring Russellville Police. You are not hiring ADOC. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for detention as this jailer, Russellville as the seat, and Tennessee as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Phil Campbell
A bad service or a paper that missed Vina — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Four Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Tennessee.
Relief when Bear Creek comes up
High water on Bear Creek, a wreck on U.S. 43, a night road outside Red Bay — this county’s mutual aid first. Colbert is a different count. Marion is a different count. Russellville city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Jackson Avenue docket, a Walnut Gate night shift
Papers. A Russellville courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 43 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Tennessee rumor
A levy in Phil Campbell still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Winchester.
Rights from Red Bay to the Winston line
Equal protection on the Highland Rim map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Russellville and a family in Phil Campbell hire the same Sheriff.