Sheriff Election — Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Santa Cruz Sheriff · the arena · the smallest Arizona county by land hires this desk in 2028 · in Nogales · Phoenix remains the capital
The 2028 oval in Nogales — not California, not 2026
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 Santa Cruz County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. Arizona county sheriffs sit on the presidential table.
The southernmost county hires a Sheriff who still holds the Nogales jail
Article XII, § 3: four years.
- Last regular general: Tuesday, 5 November 2024.
- Next regular general: Tuesday, 7 November 2028.
- Take office: 1 January 2029.
- Primary: confirm the Arizona SOS 2028 calendar when it posts. Do not invent a 2026 primary for this oval.
- Vacancy: chief deputy executes (§ 11-443); Board of Supervisors appoints until the next regular general (§ 16-230).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Three district Supervisors sit — not this oval. A California rumor does not hire this badge. Rio Rico is not the hall. Tucson is Pima. Phoenix is the capital.
Recorder work sits at 2150 North Congress — not a California clerk as this clerk
County Recorder lists at 2150 North Congress Drive, Suite 101, Nogales. Elections list Suite 119 on the same campus. That is county clerk work — not Nogales City Hall as this clerk, not a California recorder as this clerk, not a Pima clerk as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and early ballot on azsos.gov and my.arizona.vote.
Sample ballot in Santa Cruz County, Arizona — not California, not Pima
Do not take names from a California rumor, a Tucson flyer, or a Rio Rico postcard as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arizona Secretary of State and the Santa Cruz County Recorder
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — remainder patrol and a Congress Drive house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Santa Cruz County, Arizona — unincorporated patrol across Rio Rico remainder, Tubac, Sonoita, Elgin, and the county roads around Patagonia; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 2160 North Congress; and the jail at 2170 North Congress. You are not hiring Nogales Police. You are not hiring CBP. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 2170 North Congress as this jailer, Nogales as the seat, California as a different state, and 2026 as a different table.
Remedy when a writ misses Rio Rico remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Tubac or Sonoita — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Three Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not California. Not Tucson as this oval.
Relief when monsoon hits the Santa Cruz River
Monsoon on I-19, a wreck toward Patagonia, a night road outside Elgin — this county’s mutual aid first. Pima is a different count. Cochise is a different count. Nogales city hall is a different government. CBP is a different government.
Service — papers, a 2160 docket, a night shift on I-19
Papers. A Nogales courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated I-19 frontage remains this badge. 2170 North Congress remains this badge. ADC does not.
Due process does not wait for a California rumor
A levy in unincorporated Santa Cruz still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a beach in another state.
Rights from Sonoita to the line
Equal protection on the smallest-by-land map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on Congress Drive and a family in Rio Rico hire the same Sheriff.