Judicial ethics panel says Jordan, Rankin likely violated rules in state Supreme Court campaigns

A state agency responsible for overseeing complaints of judicial misconduct says that two Democratic-backed candidates seeking to oust Republican-appointed state Supreme Court justices violated judicial ethics rules during their campaigns.

A special committee within the state Judicial Qualifications Commission released two public statements Sunday, just days before the election, declaring that it “reasonably believes” former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and personal injury attorney Miracle Rankin defied Georgia’s Code of Judicial Conduct by …