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

Tabitha Turner serves as District Associate Judge, Judicial Election District 5C (Polk County). Tabitha Turner 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 August 2019².

• District Associate Judge, District 5C (Polk County), appointed August 2019²
• Before appointment: sole practitioner at Turner Law Firm P.L.L.C. (criminal defense, family law, mediation)²
• Oregon State University (psychology), 2005; Drake University Law School, 2011²
• The Iowa Judicial Branch says this judge was appointed to the bench in August 2019². 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.