Arkansas Supreme Court affirms House District 94 candidate’s eligibility for upcoming primary

By: Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 389

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision Wednesday to allow a state House candidate to run in the March primary despite her opponent’s argument that she should be disqualified.

By a 6-1 decision, justices ruled that John Kyle Day “failed to prove” that Laura “Missy” Wardlaw had been convicted of an “infamous crime.” Day and Wardlaw are running in the March 3 Republican primary for a House seat in southeast Arkansas.

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