Shall Sharon Soorholtz Greer be retained in office as a Judge of the Court of Appeals?
Source: electionresults.iowa.gov
What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Sharon Soorholtz Greer
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Sharon Soorholtz Greer has been a judge on the Iowa Court of Appeals since 2019. Before that, she was a trial lawyer at a Marshalltown law firm, and she co-leads a state advisory group on court cases involving children.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Voters kept her on the Iowa Court of Appeals in the 2020 statewide retention vote, with 74.2% voting yes (825,999 yes to 287,186 no).
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Joined the majority in Duff v. Reynolds. The Court of Appeals ruled the challenger had no legal standing to sue over the 2019 law that changed how the judicial nominating commission is chosen.
February 19, 2020
Source: iowacourts.gov
Governor Kim Reynolds appointed her to the Iowa Court of Appeals. She filled the seat left when Christopher McDonald moved to the Iowa Supreme Court.
April 27, 2019
Source: timesrepublican.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
In the Iowa State Bar Association's 2020 lawyer survey, 95% of the 210 lawyers who rated her said she should be kept as a judge.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Sources: polkcountyiowa.gov · warrencountyia.gov