Sheriff Election — Russell County, Alabama
Russell Sheriff · the arena · the eastern wall hires this desk in 2026 · in Phenix City, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Phenix City, Alabama, not in Columbus, Georgia, not in Opelika
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 Russell County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Phenix City hires a Sheriff who still holds 307 Prentiss
Article V, § 138: four years. The Secretary of State 2026 page lists various county offices on the gubernatorial ballot.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Take office: Ala. Code § 36-3-4 — Monday, 18 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment (§ 36-9-17). Coroner acts until a successor is chosen (§ 11-5-5).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Seven district Commissioners sit — not this oval. A Georgia rumor does not hire this badge. Columbus, Georgia, is a different state. Opelika is Lee — not this oval. Fort Moore is not this oval. Montgomery is still the capital. Phenix City is this hall.
Circuit Clerk at 501 14th Street, not Phenix City Hall, not Muscogee
Absentee Election Manager / Circuit Clerk: 501 14th Street, Phenix City, AL 36867. That is the Judicial Center door — not the jail at 307 Prentiss, not Phenix City Hall, not a Muscogee clerk as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Russell County, Alabama — not Russell County, Kentucky
Do not take names from a Kentucky rumor or a Columbus postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Russell County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Chattahoochee-wall patrol and a Prentiss jail, not Phenix City PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Russell County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on 14th Street, and the jail at 307 Prentiss Drive. You are not hiring Phenix City Police. You are not hiring Columbus Police. You are not hiring the Lee County Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Prentiss as this jailer, Phenix City as the seat, and Georgia as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Hurtsboro
A bad service or a paper that missed Seale — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Seven Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Georgia.
Relief when the Chattahoochee comes up
A storm on the river, a wreck on U.S. 80, a night road outside Ladonia — this county’s mutual aid first. Lee is a different count. Barbour is a different count. Columbus city hall is a different government in a different state.
Service — papers, a 14th Street docket, a Prentiss night shift
Papers. A Phenix City courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 431 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Columbus rumor
A levy in Hurtsboro still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Russell.
Rights from Seale to the Georgia line
Equal protection on the eastern-wall map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Phenix City and a family in Hurtsboro hire the same Sheriff.