Who is running for District 5A Associate Judge Retention: Mark F. Schlenker in 2026?
Here are the candidates for District 5A Associate Judge Retention: Mark F. Schlenker on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Judicial Election District 5A.
This is a retention vote: voters decide yes or no on keeping this judge for another term. Judges may not promise how they would rule, so we show experience and record instead of issue positions.
Mark F. Schlenker
· IncumbentDistrict 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.
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