Polk County Attorney

Kimberly Graham is the Polk County Attorney, having assumed the office on January 3, 2023². She worked 23 years in private practice as a court-appointed defense attorney, a lawyer in child welfare cases and a mediator before taking office, and earned her law degree at Drake University in 1999². She is the Democratic candidate for re-election against Republican Jonah Dyer¹.

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• MarijuanaDecriminalize small amounts (fines, not jail)medium

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  • Iowa Public Radio reported that, before taking office, she said she wants a diversion program so people arrested for small amounts of marijuana can avoid criminal prosecution, and that she cannot change drug laws. She said a marijuana conviction "can actually prevent them from opportunities later in their life." (2023-01-03) source
  • Her campaign site says her office created a low-level marijuana possession diversion program that lets participants earn a dismissal. source

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