Iowa general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Iowa Court of Appeals, Retention: Judge Julie A. Schumacher in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Iowa Court of Appeals, Retention: Judge Julie A. Schumacher on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for all voters in Iowa.

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.

Julie A. Schumacher

· Incumbent

Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals

Julie A. Schumacher has served on the Iowa Court of Appeals since August 2019². She practiced law in Denison for about 20 years, served as a Crawford County prosecutor, and became a district associate judge in 2012 and a district court judge in 2017². She is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote, where voters decide whether she stays on the court¹⁷.

Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals, since August 2019²
Iowa district court judge from January 2017; district associate judge, Third Judicial District, from December 2012²
About 20 years in private practice in Denison; Crawford County prosecutor; assistant Denison city attorney²
Chair, Expedited Rules of Appellate Procedure Task Force²
Bachelor's degree, University of South Dakota (1990); law degree, Creighton University (1993)²
Appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals in August 2019; the Judicial Branch announced that Gov. Kim Reynolds would administer her oath at an October 17, 2019 investiture³. Under Iowa's merit system, judges are appointed by the governor from a list of applicants chosen by nonpartisan commissions and then stand for retention in a general election⁴. She first stood for retention in 2020⁴.

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