Tuesday`s Supreme Court Races
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
There will be no party primaries in judicial
races tomorrow. But Arkansans will vote anyway on two statewide
races for seats on the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Judicial races are now non-partisan. And a new state law says
the first election for judges` seats must take place at the same
time as party primaries.
In one race, state Court of Appeals Judge Wendell Griffen of
Little Rock and state Supreme Court Justice Jim Hannah of Searcy
are competing for the position of chief justice of the state
Supreme Court. WH "Dub" Arnold has retired from the position.
In the other race, circuit judges Paul Danielson of Booneville,
Jim Gunter of Hope and Collins Kilgore of Little Rock are running
for the high court seat being vacated by Justice Ray Thornton.
