Sheriff Election — Madera County, California
Madera County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Madera hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Chowchilla remains a city · VSP remains CDCR
The 2028 oval on Fourth Street — not the 2026 Governor, not Chowchilla 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 Madera 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.
Madera hires a Sheriff who holds Road 28 — VSP is not this oval
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Madera is general law — it did not opt this desk off that table.
- 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 Chowchilla rumor does not hire this badge. Chowchilla is a city. Madera PD is a city badge. VSP is CDCR. Sacramento is the capital. Madera is the seat.
Registrar work sits at 200 W. Fourth — not City Hall as this clerk
Clerk-Recorder / Registrar of Voters work for Madera County lists at 200 West Fourth Street, Madera — (559) 675-7720 — votemadera.com. That is county elections work — not Madera City Hall as this clerk, not Chowchilla as a second board, not a Fresno clerk as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and votemadera.com.
Sample ballot in Madera County, California — not Chowchilla as the county
Do not take names from a Chowchilla municipal card, a Madera PD flyer, a Fresno rumor, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Madera County Clerk-Recorder
- Madera County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Madera County Sheriff listing at maderacounty.com
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 Clerk, do not invent a missing race. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — valley-and-Sierra remainder patrol and Road 28
You are hiring the Sheriff of Madera County, California — unincorporated patrol across Oakhurst, Coarsegold, North Fork, Bass Lake, Ahwahnee, Raymond, Fairmead, Madera Ranchos, and the remainder; warrants; civil process at 2725 Falcon Drive; courthouse security at 200 South G Street; and Madera County Jail at 14191 Road 28 after the 2021 reunification. You are not hiring Madera Police. You are not hiring Chowchilla Police. You are not hiring CDCR. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Road 28 as this jailer, Madera as the seat not the capital, Chowchilla as a city not the hall, VSP as CDCR, and Autauga-with-almonds as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Oakhurst remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Coarsegold remainder or North Fork remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Madera PD. Not Chowchilla as this oval.
Relief when the Sierra burns or 99 fogs
Fire in the Sierra National Forest, fog on SR 99, ice toward Oakhurst, a night road outside Fairmead — this county’s mutual aid first. Fresno is a different count. Mariposa is a different count. Merced is a different count. Chowchilla city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a South G docket, a night shift toward Oakhurst
Papers. A Madera courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated 99 frontage remains this badge. Road 28 remains this badge. Oakhurst substation work remains this badge. Madera PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Yosemite rumor
A levy in unincorporated Madera County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Yosemite, or because a visitor photographed Madera as if it were the capital.
Rights from Chowchilla to North Fork without becoming CDCR
Equal protection on the valley-and-Sierra map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Road 28 and a family in Madera hire the same Sheriff.