District Court Judge, Judicial Election District 5C (Polk County)

Joseph W. Seidlin serves as District Court Judge, Judicial Election District 5C (Polk County). Joseph W. Seidlin is up for a retention vote on November 3, 2026: voters decide yes or no on keeping the judge in office, and the judge serves another term if a majority votes yes¹³. The Iowa Judicial Branch says the judge was appointed as a District Court Judge in November 2018, after serving as a District Associate Judge since August 2013².

• District Court Judge, District 5C (Polk County), appointed November 2018²
• District Associate Judge since August 2013, and a Polk County Magistrate for 8 years before that²
• 28 years in private practice before taking the District Associate bench; Drake University, 1982; Drake law degree, 1985²
• The Iowa Judicial Branch says this judge was appointed as a District Court Judge in November 2018, after serving as a District Associate Judge since August 2013². Iowa district judges and district associate judges are chosen by the governor from two names sent by a district judicial nominating commission, and then stand in retention elections³.