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Kent Kasischke on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at the historic Iowa Supreme Court Courtroom at the Iowa State Capitol. First appointed to the court in 2022 , David May is now standing for his first ...
More: What to know about Iowa's November 2024 judicial retention elections In the recent 2023-24 term, May was largely aligned with the rest of the court, all now appointed by Republican governors.
It’s obvious that what changed between 2018 and 2024 was not the Iowa Constitution, but the justices. ... We don’t presume to tell you how to vote in this year’s judicial retention elections ...
At the next judicial retention election in 2010, voters removed all three justices facing a retention vote. [13] It was the first time any Iowa Supreme Court justice had been removed by voters. [13] Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, Justice Michael Streit, and Justice David L. Baker each received support from 45% or less of voters. [13]
A judicial retention vote differs from a regular election in that voters are not asked to choose from a list of candidates — the judges on the ballot do not have opponents. Rather, the voter chooses between electing the incumbent judge to a further term in office (i.e. voting in favor of "retention") or voting against.
In August 2017, he was retained in a retention election with 64% of the vote. [5] Hecht continued to live in Sioux City as a judge on the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. [ 3 ] Hecht worked on civil justice reform with the Institute for the Advancement of the Legal System, the National Center for State Courts, and the Conference of Chief ...
Thirteen of Iowa's 14 judicial districts have at least one judge up for retention in 2022. Most judges come highly recommended by their colleagues on the bar, with many endorsed by more than 90% ...
Seventh Judicial District Judge John Telleen was one of the three judges originally appointed to the Iowa Business Specialty Court Pilot Project in 2013, [5] and remains one of the judges on the permanent court (as of May 2024). [6] He is a Director of the American College of Business Court Judges. [7]