Opinion No.

The Honorable Bobby Tullis State Representative Box 277 Mineral Springs, Arkansas 71851

Dear Representative Tullis:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions:

1. May a candidate for municipal judge file and run in a partisan preferential primary?

2. Are there any circumstances which would prohibit a candidate for municipal judge from filing and running in a partisan preferential primary?

The answer to your first question is, generally, yes with respect to a candidate who is seeking the nomination of a political party. This clarification is necessary in light of…