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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.
The 61 district judges up for retention work out of local judicial districts across the state. Thirteen of Iowa's 14 judicial districts have at least one judge up for retention in 2022.
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.
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]
The judiciary of Iowa is a branch of the Government of Iowa that interprets and applies the laws of Iowa, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. Article V of the Constitution of the State of Iowa defines the judiciary as comprising a Supreme Court, district courts, and any inferior courts ...
Iowa Supreme Court justice David May listens during oral arguments for the lawsuit challenging Iowa's 2023 law banning most abortions at 6 weeks at the Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday, April 11 ...
Branstad later appointed Streit to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 1986. [6] In 2001, Tom Vilsack appointed Streit to the Iowa Supreme Court. [3] In 1992, Streit founded the Iowa Judicial Institute. [7] In 2010, Streit lost a retention vote along with David L. Baker and Marsha Ternus after a campaign against the Iowa Supreme Court's decision in Varnum