Sheriff Election — Polk County, Arkansas
Polk County, Arkansas, Sheriff · the arena · an Ouachita-line county hires this desk in 2026 · in Mena · Bartow remains Florida · Little Rock remains the capital, not this oval
The 2026 oval in Mena — not Bartow, not Des Moines as this hire
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 Polk County, Arkansas.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is on the 2026 ballot. Arkansas county sheriffs sit on the gubernatorial table.
Mena hires a Sheriff who still holds Church Avenue
Article 7, § 46 / Amendment 95: four years.
- Last regular general: Tuesday, 8 November 2022.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff (where needed): Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- Next regular general: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: 1 January 2027 (A.C.A. § 21-1-102).
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment until the next general (A.C.A. § 14-14-1310). Not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Nine Justices of the Peace sit — two-year desks, not this oval. A Bartow rumor does not hire this badge. Polk County, Florida, is a different state. Little Rock is the capital.
Clerk work sits on Church — not the forest as this clerk, not Bartow as this clerk
County Clerk work for Polk County, Arkansas, lists separately from Circuit Clerk on the Church Avenue campus, Mena. That is county clerk work — not Mena City Hall as this clerk, not a Bartow clerk as this clerk, not a Des Moines clerk as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Polk County, Arkansas — not Polk County, Florida
Do not take names from a Bartow rumor, a Little Rock flyer, or a Wickes municipal card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Polk County, Arkansas, Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Polk County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. Unopposed county nominees sometimes do not reprint on the November card — confirm the Clerk, do not invent a missing race.
What you are hiring — Ouachita remainder patrol and a 24-bed house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across Hatfield remainder, Cove remainder, Wickes remainder, Board Camp remainder, and the forest roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 507 Church; and the jail on that same campus. You are not hiring Mena Police. You are not hiring Polk County, Florida. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Church Avenue as this jailer, Mena as the seat, Bartow as not this hall, Little Rock as the capital not this hire, and Queen Wilhelmina as a park.
Remedy when a writ misses Hatfield remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Cove remainder or Wickes remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Bartow. Not Little Rock as this oval.
Relief when Rich Mountain ices or U.S. 71 ices
Ice on Talimena / Arkansas 88, a wreck on U.S. 71, fog under Rich Mountain, a night road outside Hatfield — this county’s mutual aid first. Scott is a different count. Sevier is a different count. Montgomery is a different count. Mena city hall is a different government. Bartow is a different state.
Service — papers, a Church Avenue docket, a night shift toward Wickes
Papers. A Mena courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated forest road remains this badge. 507 Church remains this badge. Forest Service does not.
Due process does not wait for a Florida rumor
A levy in unincorporated Polk County, Arkansas, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Bartow, or because a visitor photographed the State Capitol.
Rights from Cove to the Scott line
Equal protection on the Ouachita map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at 507 Church and a family in Mena hire the same Sheriff.