Sheriff Election — Washington County, Alabama
Washington Sheriff · the arena · the oldest Alabama county hires this desk in 2026 · in Chatom, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Chatom, not in Hagerstown
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 Washington County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Chatom hires a Sheriff who still holds Court Street
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. Six Commissioners sit — not this oval. A Maryland rumor does not hire this badge. Washington County, Maryland, is a different state. St. Stephens is history, not the hall. Montgomery is still the capital.
Circuit Clerk on Court Street, not a Maryland clerk
Absentee Election Manager: 45 Court Street, Chatom, AL 36518. That is the SOS listing — not a Hagerstown clerk, not a District board of elections, not Autauga as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Chatom, not Washington, D.C.
Do not take names from a Maryland rumor or an Autauga ghost-town postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Washington County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Tombigbee patrol and a county jail this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Washington County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on Court Street, and detention at 45 Court Street. You are not hiring Chatom PD. You are not hiring a Maryland Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Court Street as this jailer, Chatom as the seat, and Hagerstown as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Millry
A bad service or a paper that missed McIntosh — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Six Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Maryland.
Relief when the Tombigbee rises
High water on the Tombigbee, a wreck on U.S. 43, a night road outside Fruitdale — this county’s mutual aid first. Choctaw is a different count. Mobile is a different count. Chatom town hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Court Street docket, a pine-country night shift
Papers. A Chatom courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 45 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Maryland rumor
A levy in Millry still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Hagerstown or the District.
Rights from McIntosh to the Choctaw line
Equal protection on the oldest-county map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Chatom and a family in Millry hire the same Sheriff.