Shall Julie A. Schumacher 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,
Julie A. Schumacher
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Julie A. Schumacher has been a judge on the Iowa Court of Appeals since 2019. Before that, she was a trial court judge for about seven years and a lawyer in Denison for nearly 20 years, including work as a county prosecutor.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Wrote the Court of Appeals opinion that upheld Cristhian Bahena Rivera's first-degree murder conviction for killing Mollie Tibbetts. The court found his statements to police were voluntary.
October 11, 2023
Source: iowacourts.gov
Voters kept her on the Iowa Court of Appeals in the 2020 statewide retention vote, with 76.2% voting yes (856,450 yes to 267,699 no).
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Did not take part in Duff v. Reynolds, the Court of Appeals case over the 2019 law that changed how Iowa judges are nominated.
February 19, 2020
Source: iowacourts.gov
Governor Kim Reynolds appointed her to the Iowa Court of Appeals. She filled the seat of retiring Chief Judge Gayle Vogel.
August 30, 2019
Source: dbrnews.com
Voters kept her as a District 3B district judge in the 2018 retention vote, with 80.9% voting yes (41,514 yes to 9,790 no).
November 6, 2018
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Voters kept her as a district associate judge in District 3B in the 2014 retention vote, with 77.2% voting yes (32,238 yes to 9,516 no).
November 4, 2014
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 3 favorable
In the Iowa State Bar Association's 2020 lawyer survey, 97% of the 194 lawyers who rated her said she should be kept as a judge.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
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In the Iowa State Bar Association's 2018 lawyer survey, 91% of the 77 lawyers who rated her as a District 3B judge said she should be kept as a judge.
October 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
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In the Iowa State Bar Association's 2014 lawyer survey, 89% of the 76 lawyers who rated her as a district associate judge said she should be kept as a judge.
October 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
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Sources: polkcountyiowa.gov · warrencountyia.gov