Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Sarah Stewart prevailed in Tuesday’s Republican primary for chief justice on on the state’s highest court, defeating Bryan Taylor, a former state senator and legal adviser to two governors, according to preliminary results from the Associated Press.

Stewart was part of a court majority that ruled frozen embryos are considered children under state law.

She will face Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in November.

As of 9:04 p.m. Tuesday, Stewart had 60.6 percent of the vote to Taylor’s 39.4 percent, according to the unofficial tally from the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker, a Republican, could not run for re-election because the state constitution bars judges from being elected after age 70.

Neither Stewart’s nor Taylor’s campaigns could immediately be reached by AL.com, and neither campaign responded to the results on social media.