Shall Steven W. Guiter be retained in office as a District 5A District Associate 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,
Steven W. Guiter
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Steven W. Guiter has been a district associate judge in central Iowa's Judicial District 5A since 2012. Before that, he practiced law at one firm for about 30 years and served on the Iowa Supreme Court's lawyer discipline panel.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Was retained as a District 5A district associate judge by voters on November 3, 2020, with 69,434 votes for keeping him and 23,868 against across the district's six counties.
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Was retained as a District 5A district associate judge by voters on November 4, 2014, with 41,123 votes for keeping him and 18,596 against.
November 4, 2014
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. 98% of the 100 lawyers who rated him said he should be kept on the bench, and they scored his knowledge of the law 4.54 out of 5.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Source: warrencountyia.gov