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

Sarah Crane serves as District Court Judge, Judicial Election District 5C (Polk County). Sarah Crane 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 June 2018².

• District Court Judge, District 5C (Polk County), appointed June 2018; also a member of the Iowa Business Specialty Court since November 2019²
• Before appointment: private practice at Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines; earlier a clerk for the Iowa Supreme Court and a private-practice lawyer in Chicago²
• Gustavus Adolphus College, 2004, summa cum laude; University of Chicago Law School, 2007²
• The Iowa Judicial Branch says this judge was appointed as a District Court Judge in June 2018². 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.