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2 candidates are tracked for Cheshire County Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Eli Rivera and Aria DiMezzo. Candidate information follows official Cheshire County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Sitting Sheriff Eli Rivera and Aria DiMezzo meet in a rematch, per WKBK; DiMezzo withdrew a Democratic filing and runs on the Republican side, per the Secretary of State's withdrawals list.
Democratic · Incumbent
Eli Rivera of Keene is Cheshire County's sitting sheriff, an office he has held across multiple terms, per the Keene Sentinel, which reported he carried every municipality in the county in his most recent contested reelection.
Republican
Aria DiMezzo of Keene won the Republican nomination for this office in 2020 and lost that November to Sheriff Eli Rivera, per the Union Leader and the Keene Sentinel; the 2026 contest is a rematch. She withdrew a separate Democratic filing for the office, per the Secretary of State's withdrawals list, and appears on the Republican ballot.