Thomas P. Murphy
IA · District Court Judge, Iowa Judicial District 5A
Thomas P. Murphy has been a district court judge in central Iowa's Judicial District 5A since 2017. Before that, he served four years in the U.S. Army and practiced law for 25 years.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Was retained as a District 5A district court judge by voters on November 3, 2020, with 68,989 votes for keeping him and 24,286 against across the district's six counties.
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Was rated by Iowa lawyers in the Iowa State Bar Association's 2020 judicial review. 96% of the 114 lawyers who rated him said he should be kept on the bench, and they scored his knowledge of the law 4.53 out of 5.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Past race Thomas P. Murphy ran in:
- Shall Thomas P. Murphy be retained in office as a District 5A District Judge? · November 3, 2026 · Warren County, Iowa · incumbent