An Arkansas Supreme Court justice says she voted against a pay raise request cited in an outside group's attack mailer that she's trying to get a federal judge to halt.
Justice Courtney Goodson testified Wednesday that she was one of two justices who voted privately against the $18,000 raise the court's chief justice requested from a panel that sets officials' salaries. The panel rejected the request and instead raised justices' pay 2 percent, giving her a $3,330 raise.
Goodson has previously declined to say how she voted on the request. Goodson sued the Republican State Leadership Committee's Judicial Fairness Initiative over the mailer and a TV ad attacking her over donor gifts.
A federal judge says he'll rule by Thursday morning on whether to halt the mailer and ad.
