Sheriff Election — Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Hot Spring Sheriff · the arena · a brick-city county hires this desk in 2026 · in Malvern · Hot Springs remains Garland
The 2026 oval in Malvern — not Hot Springs City Hall, not a spa
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 Hot Spring 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.
Malvern hires a Sheriff who still holds Detention Lane
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. Eleven Justices of the Peace sit — two-year desks, not this oval. A Hot Springs rumor does not hire this badge. Hot Springs is Garland. Little Rock is the capital.
Clerk work sits on Locust Street — not Highland as this clerk, not Hot Springs as this clerk
County Clerk work for Hot Spring County lists at 210 Locust Street, Malvern. Circuit Clerk is a separate desk on the same street. That is county clerk work — not Malvern City Hall as this clerk, not a Hot Springs elections office as this clerk, not ADC at Walco Lane as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Hot Spring County — not Garland, not a spa flyer
Do not take names from a Hot Springs rumor, a Garland card, a Malvern municipal flyer, or a Wyoming Hot Springs card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Hot Spring County Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Hot Spring County 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 — brick-city patrol and a 2009 house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Hot Spring County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across Rockport remainder, Magnet Cove, Bismarck remainder, and the I-30 roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 210 Locust; and the jail at 1 Detention Lane. You are not hiring Malvern Police. You are not hiring Hot Springs Police. You are not hiring Garland County. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 1 Detention Lane as this jailer, Malvern as the seat, Hot Springs as not this hall, and ORCU as ADC, not this jailer.
Remedy when a writ misses Magnet Cove
A bad service or a paper that missed Rockport remainder or Bismarck remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Eleven Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Hot Springs. Not Garland as this oval.
Relief when I-30 ices or the Ouachita leaves the banks
High water on the Ouachita, a wreck on I-30, ice toward Magnet Cove, a night road outside Rockport — this county’s mutual aid first. Garland is a different count. Grant is a different count. Clark is a different count. Malvern city hall is a different government. Hot Springs is a different city.
Service — papers, a Locust Street docket, a night shift toward Rockport
Papers. A Malvern courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated pine road remains this badge. 1 Detention Lane remains this badge. ADC does not.
Due process does not wait for a spa rumor
A levy in unincorporated Hot Spring County still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Hot Springs, or because a visitor photographed a brick kiln.
Rights from Magnet Cove to the Garland line
Equal protection on the brick-and-pine map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on Locust Street and a family in Malvern hire the same Sheriff.