Shall Mark F. Schlenker 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,
Mark F. Schlenker
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Mark F. Schlenker has been a district associate judge in Warren County since 2012. Before that, he was an assistant Iowa attorney general, an assistant Warren County attorney, and a lawyer in Indianola for 31 years.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Was retained as a District 5A district associate judge by voters on November 3, 2020, with 68,439 votes for keeping him and 24,713 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 41,089 votes for keeping him and 18,868 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. 90% of the 100 lawyers who rated him said he should be kept on the bench. They scored his knowledge of the law 4.29 and his temperament 3.73 out of 5.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Source: warrencountyia.gov