About
- No retention vote on record yet. New judges face voters at the first general election after a full year on the bench.
Justice McDonald was born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Des Moines. He graduated from Des Moines Lincoln High School, and he earned his undergraduate degree from Grand View University. Justice McDonald earned his law degree, with highest distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2001. At…
Retention votes
No retention votes on record (Iowa Funnel has them from 2020 for justices and 2022 for other judges).
Opinions written
None on record yet.
Supreme Court opinions since November 2017; Court of Appeals opinions from November 2026.