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

Lawrence P. McLellan serves as District Court Judge, Judicial Election District 5C (Polk County). Lawrence P. McLellan 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 to the bench in 2012².

• District Court Judge, District 5C (Polk County), appointed 2012²
• Before appointment: general civil litigation and mediation, Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave 1984 to 2000, then Sullivan & Ward 2000 to 2012; law clerk to a federal district judge in 1983²
• Drake University, 1979; Drake law degree, 1983; master's degree in law in dispute resolution, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006²
• The Iowa Judicial Branch says this judge was appointed to the bench in 2012². 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.