Alcovy Circuit Superior Court Judge Horace Johnson Jr. said Tuesday he is running for the job Justice Robert Benham will leave open next year on the Georgia Supreme Court.

Johnson’s candidacy has been widely discussed, but until now he has said he was seriously considering running but wasn’t ready to announce. He becomes the only African American thus far in the race to succeed Benham. Benham’s departure will leave only one African American on the nine member court—Chief Justice Harold Melton.

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