Arkansas 2nd Judicial Circuit Court, Division 4 (runoff)

About this race

Curtis Hitt and Andrew Nadzam are on the November 3, 2026 runoff ballot for this seat on the 2nd Judicial Circuit, after neither received a majority of the vote in the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan judicial primary, per the Arkansas Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list (post-primary active filings). Sitting Circuit Judge Doug Brimhall ran for reelection and finished third in the March 3, 2026 primary, so he is not on the runoff ballot. Under Arkansas law, a nonpartisan judicial race that does not produce a majority winner in the March 3, 2026 primary goes to a runoff on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. Every voter in Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties elects this seat, since Arkansas circuit judges are elected circuit-wide across the 2nd Judicial Circuit (Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett; the seat is designated at-large across the circuit), per the Arkansas Judiciary's circuit map (cross-checked against the Arkansas Times' March 2026 primary-night judicial roundup). Arkansas circuit court races are nonpartisan.

What this office does

Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.