Former Texas Judge Suzanne Wooten, who was exonerated in 2017 of a conviction that cost her a seat on the bench, will not be allowed on the Republican primary ballot this spring.

The Texas Supreme Court on Monday denied Wooten’s request to declare her eligible to run as a district judge and force the Collin County Republican Party to place her name on the ballot. The party claimed she was ineligible because she didn’t have a law license for the entire four years before the election, as required by the Texas Constitution.

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