Sheriff Election — Madison County, Arkansas
Madison Sheriff · the arena · an Ozark county hires one desk in 2026 · in Huntsville, Arkansas · not in Huntsville, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Huntsville, Arkansas, not Alabama, not Fayetteville
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 Madison County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Huntsville, Arkansas, hires one Sheriff. Huntsville, Alabama, does not. Fayetteville does not.
Arkansas Constitution Article 7, § 46: four years. Sheriff sits on the gubernatorial table. Amendment 95 moved the desk from two years to four beginning 2018. One sheriff for Madison County, Arkansas — not for Madison County, Alabama, not for Washington County.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: Ark. Code § 21-1-102 — Thursday, 1 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment within thirty days (§ 14-14-1310). Not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. An Alabama rumor does not hire this badge. Huntsville, Alabama, is a different state. Alabama’s vacancy is Governor appointment — not this statute. Fayetteville is a different county. St. Paul is a town, not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital.
Absentee with the County Clerk on Main Street, not the jail as the clerk, not Alabama as a second board
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 201 W. Main Street, Suite 202, Huntsville, AR 72740 (phone 479-738-2747), mailing P.O. Box 37. Do not treat 201 W. Main jail as the clerk. Do not treat a Madison County, Alabama, board of elections as a substitute for this absentee desk. Do not treat a Washington County board as this board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov/elections and VoteView.
Sample ballot in Huntsville, Arkansas, not Huntsville, Alabama
Do not take names from an Alabama rumor, a Fayetteville flyer, or a St. Paul municipal card as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Madison County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Ozark patrol and a 24-bed house this Sheriff still holds in Huntsville, Arkansas
You are hiring the Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol on U.S. 412 and the Boston Mountains, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 201 W. Main, and detention this Sheriff still holds at 201 W. Main Street, Huntsville, AR. You are not hiring Huntsville PD. You are not hiring Washington’s Sheriff. You are not hiring Madison County, Alabama. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 201 W. Main as this jailer, Huntsville, Arkansas, as the seat, and 815 Wheeler as Alabama, not this house.
Remedy when a writ misses Kingston
A bad service or a paper that missed St. Paul — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. The Quorum Court is not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Alabama. Not Fayetteville City Hall as this oval.
Relief when Boston Mountains fog sits or U.S. 412 ices
Ice on Arkansas 23, a wreck on U.S. 412, fog on a mountain road, a night crossing of War Eagle Creek — this county’s mutual aid first. Washington is a different count. Carroll is a different count. Newton is a different count. Huntsville city hall is a different government. Alabama is a different state.
Service — papers on Main Street, night hours the office posts
Papers filed at 201 W. Main. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 412 frontage remains this badge. County detention at 201 W. Main remains this badge. ASA lists 24 beds — confirm live. 815 Wheeler is not this house.
Due process does not wait for an Alabama rumor
A levy in Kingston still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed rockets, or because a visitor photographed Fayetteville as if it were this hall.
Rights from St. Paul to the Washington line
Equal protection in the Ozarks. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Huntsville, Arkansas, and a family in Kingston hire the same Sheriff. A resident of Fayetteville hires Washington’s Sheriff. A resident of Huntsville, Alabama, hires Madison County, Alabama.