Celene Gogerty
IA · District Court Judge, Iowa Judicial District 5C
Celene Gogerty has been a district court judge in Polk County since 2018. Before that, she was a prosecutor with the Linn County and Polk County attorney's offices.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
The Iowa Supreme Court split 3-3 on the state's appeal, which left her abortion-ban ruling in place.
June 16, 2023
Source: iowacourts.gov
Denied the state's request to lift the court order blocking Iowa's 2018 six-week abortion ban. She ruled no court rule allowed undoing a permanent injunction years later over a change in law.
December 12, 2022
Source: bleedingheartland.com
Voters in Polk County kept her as a district judge in the 2020 retention vote, with 72.2% voting yes (113,112 yes to 43,471 no).
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Ruled that Nicole Poole, charged with hitting people with her car in Polk County, was competent to stand trial. She had earlier found Poole not competent.
May 18, 2020
Source: courthousenews.com
Governor Kim Reynolds appointed her a district court judge for Polk County (District 5C).
November 28, 2018
Source: businessrecord.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
In the Iowa State Bar Association's 2020 lawyer survey, 95% of the 184 lawyers who rated her said she should be kept as a judge.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Past race Celene Gogerty ran in:
- Shall Celene Gogerty be retained in office as a District 5C District Judge? · November 3, 2026 · Polk County, Iowa · incumbent