Who is running for District 5C Associate Judge Retention: Tabitha Turner in 2026?
Here are the candidates for District 5C Associate Judge Retention: Tabitha Turner on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Judicial Election District 5C.
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.
Tabitha Turner
· IncumbentDistrict 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.
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