Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Christopher Kemp as a district judge in Judicial Election District 5C.  
Judge Kemp, of Grimes, Iowa, is a district associate judge in Judicial Election District 5C.  He received an undergraduate degree from Carleton College and his law degree from Drake Law School. 
Judge Kemp fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Robert B. Hanson.  Judicial Election District 5C includes Polk County.