Sheriff Election — Montgomery County, Arkansas
Montgomery Sheriff · the arena · a quartz-country county hires one desk in 2026 · in Mount Ida, Arkansas · not in Montgomery, Alabama
The 2026 oval sits in Mount Ida. It does not sit in Montgomery, Alabama.
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 Montgomery County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
One Sheriff. Four years. Hot Springs does not hire this badge.
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 Montgomery County, Arkansas — not for Montgomery County, Alabama, not for Garland 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. Montgomery, Alabama, is a different state. Alabama’s vacancy is Governor appointment — not this statute. Hot Springs is a different county. Norman is a town, not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital.
A 2025 session note reported Montgomery among counties splitting Sheriff and Collector for 2026. Confirm on the official sample ballot whether collector is a separate oval this cycle.
Absentee is the County Clerk at 105 Highway 270 East #10. The jail is not the clerk.
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 105 Highway 270 East #10, Mount Ida, AR 71957 (phone 870-867-3521). Do not treat 225 Fairgrounds jail as the clerk. Do not treat a Montgomery County, Alabama, board of elections as a substitute for this absentee desk. Do not treat a Garland County board as this board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov/elections and VoteView.
Sample ballot in Mount Ida. Not an Alabama capital rumor.
Do not take names from an Alabama rumor, a Hot Springs flyer, or a Norman 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 Montgomery County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
You are hiring Fairgrounds patrol and a 12-bed house. You are not hiring the Alabama capital county.
You are hiring the Sheriff of Montgomery County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol on U.S. 270 and the Ouachita Mountains, warrants, civil process, courthouse security, and detention this Sheriff still holds at 225 Fairgrounds Road, Mount Ida, AR. You are not hiring Mount Ida PD. You are not hiring Garland’s Sheriff. You are not hiring Montgomery County, Alabama. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 225 Fairgrounds as this jailer, Mount Ida as the seat, and Dexter Avenue as Alabama, not this house.
A missed writ in Oden — this Sheriff and the 18th West. Not Dexter Avenue.
A bad service or a paper that missed Norman — 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 Hot Springs City Hall as this oval.
Ice on 270, fog on Lake Ouachita — this count first. Garland is a different count.
Ice on Arkansas 27, a wreck on U.S. 270, fog on a forest road, a night crossing toward Lake Ouachita — this county’s mutual aid first. Polk is a different count. Pike is a different count. Howard is a different count. Mount Ida city hall is a different government. Alabama is a different state.
Papers at 225 Fairgrounds. Night hours the office posts. ASA lists 12 male-only — confirm live.
Papers filed at 225 Fairgrounds Road. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 270 frontage remains this badge. County detention at 225 Fairgrounds remains this badge. ASA lists 12 beds, male only — confirm live female housing. The Alabama State House is not this house.
Due process does not wait for a Montgomery, Alabama, postcard.
A levy in Oden still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed an Alabama capitol, or because a visitor photographed Hot Springs as if it were this hall.
Rights from Black Springs to the Garland line
Equal protection in quartz country. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Mount Ida and a family in Oden hire the same Sheriff. A resident of Hot Springs hires Garland’s Sheriff. A resident of Montgomery, Alabama, hires Montgomery County, Alabama.