>>>>(For each vacant post in Iowa, a committee nominates three candidates, one of whom is named by the governor. Judges stand unopposed for retention after their first year and then every eight years.)
The “committee” is a bunch of lawyers... and they have a history of late of nominating other lawyers with a strong history political donations skewed to one party in particular, and it ain’t the Republican party.
Iowa’s selection system is seriously screwed up... the retention votes are a great thing, albeit one that’s seldom ousted a judge - it’s possible if people are pissed enough - and this might be the year.
Still not going to fix the real problem.