HOT SPRINGS -- The Republican ballot for House District 22 voters in the party's March 3 primary will have two elections for the same office, an oddity the Garland County Election Commission said could cause confusion.
The House's expulsion of Mickey Gates from the District 22 seat last month led the governor to call for a March 3 special election for the final year of Gates' third term. The Legislature scheduled the 2020 preferential primaries and nonpartisan general election for the same day.
Republicans Jack Wells and Richard McGrew will vie for their party's nomination in a Dec. 10 primary. The winner will advance to face Libertarian Judy Bowers in the March 3 special election. Wells, McGrew and Richard Alvin Midkiff will also be on the ballot in the Republican primary, with the winner qualifying for the Nov. 3 general election against Bowers.
Metro on 11/16/2019