FILE - State Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, is seen at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa on Feb. 7, 2017. Holt, the chairman of the Iowa House Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, that he's working to launch an investigation of a state court judge who was accused of trying to rig a judicial nomination to get a favored candidate appointed to the bench. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall File)