Sheriff Election — Imperial County, California
Imperial County, California, Sheriff · the arena · El Centro hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Calexico PD remains a city badge · San Diego remains a different county
The 2028 oval in El Centro — not the 2026 Governor, not Calexico as the county
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 Imperial County, California.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. California moved sheriff and district attorney to the presidential table. The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Sacramento.
El Centro hires a Sheriff who still holds RADF, Hughes, and Fox
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Imperial did not opt out.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022.
- Next regular: the 2028 presidential primary. If no majority under §§ 8140–8141, runoff at the presidential general. Confirm the live 2028 date on the California SOS elections calendar.
- Take office: noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding election (Gov. Code § 24200). For 2028 that is the first Monday after 1 January 2029. 1 January 2029 is a Monday, so Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304). Undersheriff temporarily discharges (§ 24105).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit — staggered desks, not this oval. A Calexico PD rumor does not hire this badge. San Diego is a different county. Brawley is a city. Sacramento is the capital. El Centro is the seat.
Registrar work sits on West Main — not City Hall as this clerk
Registrar of Voters work for Imperial County lists at 940 West Main Street, Suite 206, El Centro. That is county elections work — not El Centro City Hall as this clerk, not a Calexico clerk as this clerk, not Brawley as a second board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and elections.imperialcounty.org.
Sample ballot in Imperial County, California — not Calexico as the county
Do not take names from a San Diego rumor, a Calexico municipal card, a Brawley flyer, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Imperial County Registrar of Voters
- Imperial County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Imperial County Sheriff listing at icso.imperialcounty.org
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. A majority in the primary can finish the race without a November reprint — confirm the Registrar, do not invent a missing race. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — Imperial Valley remainder patrol and three El Centro houses
You are hiring the Sheriff of Imperial County, California — unincorporated patrol across Heber, Seeley, Niland, Salton City, Bombay Beach, Ocotillo, Winterhaven, and the remainder; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 939 West Main and 650 Wake; and RADF at 1328 Sperber Road plus Herbert Hughes and Oren R. Fox. You are not hiring El Centro Police. You are not hiring Calexico Police. You are not hiring CDCR at Calipatria. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for RADF as this jailer, El Centro as the seat not the capital, Calexico PD as not this oval, Calipatria as CDCR, and Autauga-with-a-canal as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Heber remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Seeley remainder or Winterhaven remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Calexico PD. Not San Diego. Not Brawley as this oval.
Relief when the New River floods or the desert wind blows
High water on the New River, a wreck on I-8, wind on the Salton, heat on the desert remainder, a night road outside Niland — this county’s mutual aid first. San Diego is a different count. Riverside is a different count. Yuma County is a different state. El Centro city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Wake docket, a night shift toward Niland
Papers. An El Centro courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated interstate frontage remains this badge. RADF remains this badge. Calexico PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Calexico rumor
A levy in unincorporated Imperial County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a port of entry, or because a visitor photographed El Centro as if it were the capital.
Rights from Winterhaven to Salton City
Equal protection on the Imperial Valley map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at RADF and a family in El Centro hire the same Sheriff.