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David May
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Background: No short biography listed.
At a glance
- Court
- Iowa Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) (July 27, 2022); retained by voters in a retention election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Kim Reynolds (R)
- Appointment date
- July 27, 2022
- Took office
- August 19, 2022
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2032
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Missouri, Columbia
- Law: Drake University Law School
- Graduate: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Prior offices
- Iowa Court of Appeals (2019 - 2022)
- Iowa District Court 5C (2016 - 2019)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on David May’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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