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Gary Fults
Gary Fults (independent) ran for election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 27. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 3, 2020.
Fults, along with Dan Whitfield, filed a lawsuit on April 27, 2020, arguing that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state's ballot access laws made it impossible for them to collect enough signatures by the deadline on May 1, 2020. U.S. District Judge Kristine Gerhard Baker ruled against the lawsuit, saying that though the pandemic had hindered their ability to collect signatures, "the Court determines that, although not trivial, this burden cannot be characterized as severe."[1] Fults and Whitfield filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.[2] Their motion to expedite and for an injunction pending appeal was rejected on July 23, 2020.[3] They filed a renewed expedite on July 28, 2020, but the hearing was delayed until after the November 3, 2020, election, meaning they remained off the ballot for that election.[4][5]
Elections
2020
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 27
Incumbent Julie Mayberry won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 27 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julie Mayberry (R) | 100.0 | 12,364 |
| Total votes: 12,364 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Fults (Independent)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Julie Mayberry advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 27.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gary Fults did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Petitioners lose ruling in ballot-access case," June 26, 2020
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, "General Search," accessed July 10, 2020
- ↑ Elect Dan Whitfield Replace Tom Cotton, "Ballot Access," accessed July 24, 2020
- ↑ Facebook, "Dan Whitfield for Senate 2020 post on July 30, 2020
- ↑ Elect Dan Whitfield for Arkansans, "Ballot Access information," accessed October 9, 2020
