Another Republican aims for Arkansas Supreme Court Another Republican aims for Arkansas Supreme Court GUNNER DELAY Another candidate deeply identified with Republican politics is aiming for a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court, theoretically non-partisan. Advertisement He is Circuit Judge Gunner DeLay of Fort Smith, a former Republican state representative and senator, who was appointed by Republican Governors Huckabee and Hutchinson to stints as prosecutor and district judge. He was elected to a circuit judgeship in 2020. He’s running for the seat now held by Justice Karen Baker. She won a special election to a partial term in 2010 and then ran unopposed for a full term in 2014. She hasn’t announced her plans, but I’ve attempted to reach her by e-mail.