2008 Arkansas judicial races

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Current through the end of the filing period (March 10, 2008)

Arkansas Supreme Court
Only two of the seven Arkansas Supreme Court Justices are up for election in 2008. Neither of the two are expected to be challenged:

Position	Candidate
Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court	Chief Justice Jim Hannah
Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 5	Justice Paul Danielson

Arkansas Court of Appeals
The Arkansas Court of Appeals is composed of twelve judges, three positions of which are up for election this year:

District	Counties	Candidate
Court of Appeals District 3, Position 2	Benton,Carroll,Crawford,Frank., Johnson, Madison, Wash.	Courtney Henry Ron Williams
Court of Appeals District 6, Position 1	Pulaski, Perry, Saline	Wendell Griffen (i) Rita Gruber
Court of Appeals District 7	Arkansas, Chicot, Desha, Jeff., Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	Waymond Brown Eugene Hunt

Arkansas Judicial Districts: Circuit


There are 120 circuit judge positions in Arkansas. 102 of those are up for election this year. The map above shows the 28 judicial districts in Arkansas. Here is a list of all contested circuit judge races:

Judicial District/Division	Counties	Candidate
1st Judicial District 2nd Division	Cross,Lee,Monroe,Phill,St.Francis,Wood.	Todd Murray Richard Proctor
1st Judicial District 5th Division	Cross,Lee,Monroe,Phill,St.Francis,Wood.	Preston Hicky Ann Hudson
5th Judicial District 1st Division	Franklin, Johnson, Pope	Ken Hodges Bill Pearson
6th Judicial District 9th Division	Pulaski, Perry	Mary McGowan (i) Cecily Skarda
6th Judicial District 11th Division	Pulaski, Perry	Cathi Compton Melinda Gilbert Cricket Harper
8th Judicial District North 2nd Division	Hempstead, Nevada	Duncan Culpepper (i) Keith Wood
9th Judicial District East	Clark	Robert McCallum John Thomas (i)
10th Judicial District 2nd Division	Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew	Andrew Best Sara Hartness Kenny Johnson
11th Judicial District West 6th Division	Jefferson, Lincoln	Earnest Brown Maxie Kizer
12th Judicial District 1st Division	Sebastian	Stephen Tabor Robert Ellis Yoes
14th Judicial District 1st Division	Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton	Chris Carter Gail Campbell Shawn Womack
15th Judicial District 1st Division	Conway, Logan, Scott, Yell	Brian Mueller Jerry Don Ramey Howard Yates
17th Judicial District 1st Division	Prairie, White	Mark Derrick Tom Hughes
19th Judicial District East 1st Division	Carroll	Kent Crow Alan Epley (i)
19th Judicial District West 1st Division	Benton	Robin Green Jim Johnson
19th Judicial District West 6th Division	Benton	Ray Bunch Doug Schrantz
20th Judicial District 4th Division	Faulkner, Searcy, Van Buren	Mike Maggio (i) John J. Petruccelli
20th Judicial District 5th Division	Faulkner, Searcy, Van Buren	David Hogue L. Frank Plemmons Rhonda Wood
22nd Judicial District 2nd Division	Saline	Bobby McCallister Brent Standridge
22nd Judicial District 4th Division	Saline	Hayward Battle Robert Herzfeld Paul White
23rd Judicial District 1st Division	Lonoke	Barbara Elmore Chuck Graham
23rd Judicial District 2nd Division	Lonoke	Lona McCastlain Phillip Whiteaker (i)