Pine Bluff attorney Sandra Young Harris will be on the ballot next month in Jefferson and Lincoln counties as a candidate to replace retiring Circuit Judge Leon Jamison unless the Arkansas Supreme Court says differently.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray ruled Wednesday that Harris, 68, must be placed on the ballot for the race. Harris had accidentally filed to run for a nonexistent judicial race, despite months of campaigning and fundraising for the contest to succeed Jamison.
No one disputes she made a mistake or questions her qualifications for office.
In announcing her decision, the judge told lawyers for the parties that she looked to guidance from a 2020 state Supreme Court ruling cited by Harris and her attorney, Austin Porter Jr.,
