Betty Dickey First Woman Named To Chief Justice Post
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Governor Huckabee has named Betty Dickey as
the new Arkansas chief justice.
Dickey will become the first woman in Arkansas history to serve
as chief justice.
W-H "Dub" Arnold announced Monday that he would resign the
post effective January first. Dickey will serve through the end of
next year. A new chief justice will be elected in the November 2004
general election to serve out the four years remaining on Arnold`s
term.
The 63-year-old Dickey is a former Jefferson County employee and
is a former Huckabee appointee to the state Public Service
Commission.
Dickey, a Republican, has also run unsuccessfully for state
attorney general. She lost to Democrat Mark Pryor.
Dickey presently serves as Huckabee`s legal counsel.
She lives in Little Rock and grew up in Lawrence County.
