Sheriff Election — Kent County, Maryland
Kent Sheriff · the arena · the oldest county hires this desk in 2026
The 2026 oval on the Chester
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 Kent County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Chestertown hires a Shore patrol Sheriff
Article IV, § 44: four years. The SBE 2026 offices page lists Sheriff as a local office on the gubernatorial ballot — same even-year Tuesday as Governor, Attorney General, State Senate, and House of Delegates.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 23 June 2026 (already sat).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Qualify / enter: Art. XVII § 4 — as soon as practicable; immediately upon qualification.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment for the remainder.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Three Commissioners sit on a code-home-rule map — not this oval. Class II U.S. Senate is not a 2026 Maryland race. A Delaware rumor does not hire this badge. Kent County, Delaware already hired its own Sheriff — civil process, no arrest, a different constitution.
Board of Elections sits on Dixon Drive
135 Dixon Drive, Chestertown, MD 21620. Not 104 Vickers Drive. Not 103 Cross Street. Not Dover. Confirm registration, sample ballot, early voting (22–29 October 2026 on the live SBE page), and mail-in on elections.maryland.gov and voter lookup.
Sample ballot in Chestertown, not Dover
Do not take names from a Levy Court rumor or an English postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Maryland SBE
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Kent County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Vickers Drive patrol, not a Delaware Levy Court
You are hiring the Sheriff of Kent County, Maryland — primary patrol, warrants, civil process, Circuit Court security. You are not hiring Chestertown Police. You are not hiring the Warden of the Detention Center as this oval. You are not hiring the Kent County, Delaware Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Unit A as not this patrol desk.
Remedy when a writ misses Rock Hall
A bad service or a paper that missed Galena — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Three commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Dover.
Relief when the Chester comes up at High Street
A Chester flood, ice on Maryland 213, a closure at Rock Hall harbor — this county’s mutual aid first. Queen Anne's Bay Bridge is a different count. Cecil’s canal is a different count.
Service — Shore patrol, papers, a small-county night shift
Papers. A Cross Street courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 in unincorporated Worton remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Delaware rumor
A levy in Millington still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Kent.
Rights from Betterton to Millington
Equal protection on the Chester map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A Rock Hall waterman and a Galena farmer hire the same Sheriff.