OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 

Governor Kim Reynolds ★ Lt. Governor Adam Gregg 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 17, 2023 

CONTACT: Kollin Crompton, (515) 745-2840, [email protected] 

 

Gov. Reynolds appoints Ashley Sparks as District Judge 

 

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Ashley Sparks as a district judge in Judicial Election District 2B.  

 

Sparks, of Bondurant, Iowa, is the Owner of Sparks Law, PLLC and is a Boone County Magistrate. She received an undergraduate degree from Western Illinois University, a master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa and her law degree from Drake University Law School. 

Sparks fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. James C. Ellefson.  Judicial Election District 2B includes Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Pocahontas, Sac, Story, Webster, and Wright counties. 

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