Judge Sonja Brown (left) and Cathermine Mims Smith. (Courtesy photos)
The results are in: In the two May 24 nonpartisan primary election races that resulted in June 21 runoff elections, voters have elected a pair of women to become Georgia’s newest superior court judges.
Judge Sonja N. Brown of Cobb County Magistrate Court (left) and James K. Luttrell of Canton, Georgia. (Courtesy photos)
In a competition to fill judicial vacancies created by retirement in the Cobb and Southern judicial circuits, Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown faced off against attorney James K. Luttrell and Southern Circuit senior assistant district attorney Catherine Mims Smith against Valdosta attorney William Long Whitesell in the Tuesday runoff election.
