In the first contested race in decades to be the top prosecutor of Arkansas’ largest judicial district, career prosecutor Will Jones prevailed against George Soros-backed progressive opponent Alicia Walton.
Jones on May 24 received 30,696 votes, or 53 percent of votes cast, compared to Walton’s 26,695 votes in the nonpartisan race, according to the unofficial results published by the Arkansas secretary of state.
Jones told The Epoch Times that he plans to boost office efficiency to tackle case backlogs caused by court shutdowns during the pandemic. He also wants to create a forensic unit to help prosecutors build stronger cases through electronic evidence.
He began his prosecutor career at the 6th Judicial District—Arkansas’ largest judicial district, which is home to the state capital Little Rock—right after he graduated from law school in 2001. He now works as the chief deputy prosecutor in the 11th West Judicial District of Arkansas….