Sheriff Election — Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery Sheriff · the arena · the most-populous county hires this desk in 2026
The 2026 oval on Maryland Avenue
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.
Rockville hires a court Sheriff on the most-populous map
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. The County Executive and eleven Council members sit on the same table — not this oval. Class II U.S. Senate is not a 2026 Maryland race. A District rumor does not hire this badge. Prince George's already hired its own court Sheriff. Montgomery, Alabama, does not vote here.
Board of Elections sits on North Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg
18753 North Frederick Avenue, Suite 210, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. Not 50 Maryland Avenue. Not 101 Monroe Street. Not the District. 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 Rockville, not the District
Do not take names from a Metro rumor or an Alabama broadcast.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Maryland SBE
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Montgomery County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Judicial Center, not MCPD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Montgomery County — court security, civil process, warrants, evictions, child-support process, prisoner transport, not 911. You are not hiring Montgomery County Police. You are not hiring DOCR at Seven Locks. You are not hiring the Prince George's County Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Seven Locks as not this house.
Remedy when a writ misses Germantown
A bad service or a court paper that missed Bethesda — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. The County Executive is not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not the District.
Relief when the Potomac takes a C&O towpath
A Potomac flood, ice on I-270, a closure at the Beltway — this county’s mutual aid first. Prince George's Beltway east is a different count. Frederick’s Catoctin is a different count.
Service — papers, court, not Seven Locks booking
Papers. A Maryland Avenue courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. Transport to a house this Sheriff does not run. That is the purchase. 911 remains County Police.
Due process does not wait for a Capitol rumor
A levy in Poolesville still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Rockville — or a different Montgomery.
Rights from Takoma Park to Poolesville
Equal protection on the I-270 map. Counsel. Property. A Silver Spring corridor worker and a Poolesville farmer hire the same Sheriff.