Sheriff Election — Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hampden Sheriff · the arena · river cities hire this desk · not 2026 · not Hartford
This is Side Two
This page is the arena for this office, this cycle. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place — abolished government, Springfield, Holyoke, Ludlow house — is taught at Hampden County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
When the valley hires
Massachusetts sheriffs sit for six years. The Secretary of the Commonwealth lists Sheriff elections in 2028, 2034, 2040. Takes office the first Wednesday in January. All fourteen last stood in 2022.
Do not assume 2026. Hampden has no county-commissioner race to confuse with this hire. Franklin has a 2026 vacancy sheriff election. That exception is Franklin, not Hampden.
Confirm the date on the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Sample ballot wins
Do not take names from a news comment or a downtown argument.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Secretary of the Commonwealth
- Voter status
- Current Sheriff of record — official Hampden County Sheriff’s Office / Mass.gov sheriffs list
- City and town clerks on this map for local filing questions
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring
You are hiring the Sheriff of Hampden County — jail and house of correction in Ludlow, court transport and security, civil process — for Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield, and the towns. You are not hiring the Mayor of Springfield. You are not hiring the Hampshire County Sheriff. You are not hiring a county commissioner; this county does not elect one. Read the office page first.
Rights, remedy, relief, service, due process
Humane custody. Honest papers. Honest night count. Remedy for a jail wrong is the office’s official complaint door and the courts. Relief in a river flood is this count first. Service of process is a person at a door in Palmer. Due process does not pause at the Connecticut line. Equal protection from Granville to Palmer.