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Iowa

Justice

Former prosecutor

Iowa

Iowa Supreme Court By The Numbers:

  • 7 total seats
  • 0 current vacancies
  • 1 prosecutor
  • 0 public defenders
  • 1 Justice has other indigent defense experience
  • 0 civil rights lawyers

How Members of the Iowa Supreme Court are Selected:

Appointment, Retention Election

The governor appoints justices from a shortlist provided by the State Judicial Nominating Commission. The commission has 17 members; eight members are elected by lawyers, and another nine members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. Under state law, there cannot be more than a simple majority on the commission of the same gender. Judges appointed by the governor serve one-year and then face a retention election for a full eight-year term.

Selection method sources:

Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map