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2 candidates are tracked for Franklin County Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Chad Miles and Andre LaBier. Candidate information follows official Franklin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Chad Miles won the August 11 Republican primary for Franklin County sheriff over Andre LaBier and James Lynch, per the Vermont Secretary of State's official results; LaBier won the Democratic line on write-in votes for a possible November rematch, pending his acceptance.
Captain and chief deputy at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, a Marine Corps veteran with an Afghanistan deployment and 24 years in law enforcement that began with the St. Albans Police Department in 2002, per the St. Albans Messenger. He joined the sheriff's office in 2008, is its sole firearms instructor and was an original member of its special response team, according to the Messenger.
2026 priorities
- Proactive enforcement against drug crime, drug-impaired driving and unsafe traffic violations, per the St. Albans Messenger
- Expand school resource officers and community policing, per the St. Albans Messenger
- Improve financial accountability after audit findings on record-keeping, per the St. Albans Messenger
Retired U.S. Marshals chief inspector who ran the New York and New Jersey regional organized crime and drug task force, overseeing about 250 employees across six offices, and who later consulted on law enforcement in Bosnia and worked as a school resource officer at BFA-Fairfax and Richford, per the St. Albans Messenger. The Montgomery resident told the Messenger he wants "proactive, not aggressive policing" and "intimate relationships with your citizens."
2026 priorities
- Proactive rather than aggressive community policing, per the St. Albans Messenger
- Address drug addiction and repeat offenders as the county's main crime drivers, per the St. Albans Messenger
- Work with state auditors to clear the department's five-year audit backlog, per the St. Albans Messenger
