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Steven P. Van Marel

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Steven P. Van Marel is a district associate judge of Iowa District 2B. He was appointed to this position in 1987. Van Marel was retained to another six-year term in the 2010 general election. He was retained again in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1][2]
Biography
Van Marel graduated from Iowa State University in 1980 with a degree in community and regional planning. He earned his J.D. from the University of Iowa in 1983.[1]
Van Marel previously served as an assistant Wapello County attorney and an assistant Story County attorney.[1]
Elections
2016
Fifty-nine Iowa District Court judges sought retention in the general election on November 8, 2016.[3]
Steven P. Van Marel was retained in the Iowa District 2B, District Court Associate Judge Steven P. Van Marel Retention Election with 73.57% of the vote.
Iowa District 2B, District Court Associate Judge Steven P. Van Marel Retention Election, 2016 | ||
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Source: Iowa Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016, General Election: Judicial," accessed November 9, 2016 |
2010
- See also: Iowa judicial elections, 2010
Van Marel was retained on November 2, 2010, with 65.3 percent of the vote.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Iowa Judicial Branch, "District Two Judges and Magistrates," accessed September 15, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "Official Results Report," November 29, 2010
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Judges Standing for Retention November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed September 1, 2016
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa
State courts:
Iowa Supreme Court • Iowa Court of Appeals • Iowa district courts
State resources:
Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa