A judge from Harlan was the pick of Governor Kim Reynolds to fill a vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court.

Susan Christensen, who has been a district court judge since 2015, was one of three women nominated for an opening on the state’s highest court. Two women previously served on the Iowa Supreme Court, but Iowa has had the only all-male state supreme court in the country for the past few years.

Her late father, Jerry Larson, served on the Iowa Supreme Court for 30 years — longer than any other justice in state history. Larson died this past April.

Christensen will face a retention election in 2020.