District Associate Judge, Judicial Election District 5A (Warren County)

Mark F. Schlenker serves as District Associate Judge, Judicial Election District 5A (Warren County). Mark F. Schlenker 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 Associate Judge in 2012².

• District Associate Judge, District 5A (Warren County), appointed 2012²
• Before appointment: Assistant Iowa Attorney General, Assistant Warren County Attorney, and 31 years in private practice in Indianola²
• Received the Iowa State Bar Association President's Award in 2023²
• Iowa State University, 1975; Creighton University law degree, 1978²
• The Iowa Judicial Branch says this judge was appointed as a District Associate Judge 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.