LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas Supreme Court justice is fighting for her
political career in a re-election bid that’s been marked by heavy spending by
outside groups blanketing airwaves with attack ads, while voters are being asked
to raise the state’s minimum wage.
The Arkansas secretary of state’s office hasn’t predicted how many of the
state’s nearly 1.8 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday’s
general election.
Justice Courtney Goodson has faced a new barrage of attack ads and mailers in
her re-election fight against David Sterling.
The Republican State Leadership Committee’s Judicial Fairness Initiative has
spent more than $1.2 million this fall on mailers and TV ads in the race.
Similar outside spending sank Goodson’s bid to become the court’s chief justice
two years ago.
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