Shall Thomas P. Murphy be retained in office as a District 5A District Judge?
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Thomas P. Murphy
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
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
Source: warrencountyia.gov