Judge John H. Ruffin Jr., a trailblazer in integrating Augusta in the 1960s and 1970s, has told the Daily Report that he will not run this fall to keep his seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Ruffin’s decision ends a 22-year career on the bench-and starts what could be a wide-open race among lawyers who have wanted a judgeship without having to challenge an incumbent or win the favor of a governor.
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