Montgomery County Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis against the state Democratic Party for keeping Davis off the party’s ballot.
Davis switched to the Republican Party in 2012 but sought to return this year and run for a seat on the Montgomery County Commission in next year’s primary.
The party’s bylaws include what is called the Radney Rule, which prohibits a candidate from running as a Democrat if he did not support the party’s nominees in the last four years.