Tuesday was Election Day in Arkansas and it ended with no major surprises.
Turnout was not quite 21 percent of registered voters in Pulaski County as 48,399 cast their ballots out of 230,851 registered voters.
Election Day voting was 29,548 people while 18,398 voted early. The county also had 453 vote absentee.
Voting was for the party Primary as well as the non-partisan judicial elections.
North of the River had no contested primaries for legislative races.
In judicial elections, the four-way race for Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court is headed to a runoff.
The runoff will be between Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood. Both are already on the Supreme Court and Baker claimed 27.1 percent of the statewide vote and Wood got 26.3 percent. Barbara Webb, who is also a justice, got 25.8 percent to finish third and former North Little Rock state legislator and attorney Jay Martin finished fourth 20.6 percent. He handily won his home base of Pulaski County though.
Courtney Hudson, who is also on the Supreme Court, won her race for Pos. 2.
In other local races of note.
Court of Appeals, District 6, Pos. 1: Molly McNulty finished first with 22,505 or 36.48% of the votes and will face Judge Casey Tucker in November.
Circuit Judge, District 6, Division 17, Subdistrict 6.2: Robert Cortinez and Brent Eubanks finished 1 and 2 in the three-way and advanced to the runoff.
State District Judge, District 31, Little Rock 1: Jill Kamps, a deputy prosecuting attorney, easily defeated Judge Mackie Pierce, who was retiring from his Circuit Judge seat. Kamps got 26,943 votes to Pierce's 18,964 votes.
State District Judge, District 31:Judge Chip Welch easily defeated Beth Burgess, 26,415 votes to 18,029.
State District Judge, District 31, Little Rock 2: Judge Herb Wright also won his race as he defeated Robert Tellez, 23,361 to 21,570.
The best news is, hopefully, no more flyers and texts from judicial candidates.
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Tuesday was Election Day in Arkansas and it ended with no major surprises.
Turnout was not quite 21 percent of registered voters in Pulaski County as 48,399 cast their ballots out of 230,851 registered voters.
Election Day voting was 29,548 people while 18,398 voted early. The county also had 453 vote absentee.
Voting was for the party Primary as well as the non-partisan judicial elections.
North of the River had no contested primaries for legislative races.
In judicial elections, the four-way race for Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court is headed to a runoff.
The runoff will be between Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood. Both are already on the Supreme Court and Baker claimed 27.1 percent of the statewide vote and Wood got 26.3 percent. Barbara Webb, who is also a justice, got 25.8 percent to finish third and former North Little Rock state legislator and attorney Jay Martin finished fourth 20.6 percent. He handily won his home base of Pulaski County though.
Courtney Hudson, who is also on the Supreme Court, won her race for Pos. 2.
In other local races of note.
Court of Appeals, District 6, Pos. 1: Molly McNulty finished first with 22,505 or 36.48% of the votes and will face Judge Casey Tucker in November.
Circuit Judge, District 6, Division 17, Subdistrict 6.2: Robert Cortinez and Brent Eubanks finished 1 and 2 in the three-way and advanced to the runoff.
State District Judge, District 31, Little Rock 1: Jill Kamps, a deputy prosecuting attorney, easily defeated Judge Mackie Pierce, who was retiring from his Circuit Judge seat. Kamps got 26,943 votes to Pierce's 18,964 votes.
State District Judge, District 31:Judge Chip Welch easily defeated Beth Burgess, 26,415 votes to 18,029.
State District Judge, District 31, Little Rock 2: Judge Herb Wright also won his race as he defeated Robert Tellez, 23,361 to 21,570.
The best news is, hopefully, no more flyers and texts from judicial candidates.
For all state-wide results, click here,