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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Arkansas Supreme Court candidate and Pulaski County Circuit Judge Morgan Welch addresses the audience at the Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Ark. Welch is running against Barbara Womack Webb in the March 3, 2020, election for the court seat being vacated by retiring Justice Jo Hart. (Stephen Swofford/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Arkansas Supreme Court candidate and Pulaski County Circuit Judge Morgan Welch addresses the audience at the Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Ark. Welch is running against Barbara Womack Webb in the March 3, 2020, election for the court seat being vacated by retiring Justice Jo Hart. (Stephen Swofford/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)

March 4, 2020

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Arkansas candidate backed by GOP groups wins court race
March 4, 2020 1:26 a.m.

Arkansas candidate backed by GOP groups wins court race

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The chief administrative law judge for the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission and wife of the state Republican Party chairman was elected Tuesday to the Supreme Court after a race that focused on her deep ties to the GOP.