Judicial District Level

This page contains information about all Colorado state judiciary appointments. It is part of the Colorado elections project.

In general, when vacancies arise on a court, candidates are nominated by commissions and appointed by the governor and then stand in the general election in order to remain on the bench. Commissions also provide voters with evaluations on the performance of each judge up for retention in the general election.

Nick Holst: I am researching the below courts as well as important state and district nominating commissions. I should have something to submit by Thursday June 1.

Colorado Supreme Court

See Colorado Supreme Court.

First retention vote after 2 years, then every 10 years.

Title	Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
Chief Justice	Nancy E. Rice	Roy Romer	Democrat		2020
Associate Justice	Nathan B. Coats	Bill Owens	Republican		2023
Associate Justice	Allison H. Eid	Bill Owens	Republican		2018
Associate Justice	Monica M Marquez	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2024
Associate Justice	Brian Boatright	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Associate Justice	William W. Hood	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2026
Associate Justice	Richard L. Gabriel	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018

Colorado Court of Appeals

See Colorado Court of Appeals.

Title	Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
Chief Judge	Alan M. Loeb	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2022
Judge	Daniel M. Taubman	Gov. Roy Romer	Democrat		2020
Judge	John Daniel Dailey	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2018
Judge	John R. Webb	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2020
Judge	Dennis Graham	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2020
Judge	Robert D. Hawthorne	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	Gilbert M. Roman	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	David Furman	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	Steve Bernard	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	Diana Terry	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	Jerry N. Jones	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Judge	Nancy J. Lichtenstein	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
Judge	David J. Richman	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
Judge	Laurie A. Booras	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2020
Judge	Terry Fox	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2022
Judge	Stephanie Dunn	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Judge	Anthony J. Navarro	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Judge	Karen M Ashby	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Judge	Michael H. Berger	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Judge	Elizabeth L. Harris	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Judge	Rebecca R. Freyre	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Judge	Craig R. Welling	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2020

Sources:

• Obtained list from colorado court web site https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Judges.cfm
• Added information from ballotpedia web site https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Court_of_Appeals
• Checked to see if there were any updates announced on https://www.colorado.gov/governor/tags/juDicial-appointments

District Courts

See Colorado district courts.

Schedule of retention votes?

1st Judicial District

Gilpin, Jefferson Counties.

District Judges are appointed for a two year term by the governor and retained by voters for a six year term

Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
Alan M. Loeb	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2022
Daniel M. Taubman	Gov. Roy Romer	Democrat		2020
John Daniel Dailey	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2018
John R. Webb	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2020
Dennis Graham	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2020
Robert D. Hawthorne	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Gilbert M. Roman	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
David Furman	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Steve Bernard	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Diana Terry	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Jerry N. Jones	Gov. Bill Owens	Republican		2024
Nancy J. Lichtenstein	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
David J. Richman	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
Laurie A. Booras	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2020
Terry Fox	Gov. Bill Ritter	Democrat		2022
Stephanie Dunn	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Anthony J. Navarro	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Karen M Ashby	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Michael H. Berger	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2024
Elizabeth L. Harris	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Rebecca R. Freyre	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Craig R. Welling	Gov. John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2020

Sources:

• Obtained list from colorado court web site https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Choose.cfm
• Added information from ballotpedia web site https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_District_Courts
• Checked to see if there were any updates announced on https://www.colorado.gov/governor/tags/juDicial-appointments

Jefferson County Court

County Judges are appointed for a two year term by the governor and retained by voters for a four year term

Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
Bradley Burback	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2020
Verna L. Carpenter	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2020
Susan Lori Fisch	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
Harold Sargent	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2020
K.J. Moore	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2020
Mark Randall	Bill Ritter	Democrat		2018
Ryan Stuart	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Thomas E. Vance	Bill Owens	Republican		2018
Jean Woodford	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018

Sources:

• Obtained list from colorado court web site https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Choose.cfm
• Added information from ballotpedia web site https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_County_Courts
• Checked to see if there were any updates announced on https://www.colorado.gov/governor/tags/juDicial-appointments

Gilpin County Court

County Judges are appointed for a two year term by the governor and retained by voters for a four year term

Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
David Taylor	John Hickenlooper	Democrat		2017

Sources:

• Obtained list from colorado court web site https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Choose.cfm
• Added information from ballotpedia web site https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_County_Courts
• Checked to see if there were any updates announced on https://www.colorado.gov/governor/tags/juDicial-appointments

2nd Judicial District

Denver County.

3rd Judicial District

Huerfano, Las Animas Counties.

4th Judicial District

El Paso, Teller Counties.

5th Judicial District

Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit Counties.

6th Judicial District

Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan Counties.

7th Judicial District

Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel Counties.

8th Judicial District

Jackson, Larimer Counties.

9th Judicial District

Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco Counties.

10th Judicial District

Pueblo County.

11th Judicial District

Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park Counties.

12th Judicial District

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache Counties.

13th Judicial District

Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma Counties.

14th Judicial District

Grand, Moffat, Routt Counties.

15th Judicial District

Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers Counties.

16th Judicial District

Bent, Crowley, Otero Counties.

17th Judicial District

Adams, Broomfield Counties.

Name	Appointed by	Party (Governor)	Action	Next retention
Emily Anderson	Hickenlooper	Democrat		2022
Jaclyn Casey Brown	Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Katherine R. Delgado	Owens	Republican		2022
Thomas R. Ensor	Lamm	Democrat		2022
F. Michael Goodbee	Ritter	Democrat		2022
Sharon Holbrook	Hickenlooper	Democrat		2018
Robert W. Kiesnowski Jr	Ritter	Democrat		2020
Edward C. Moss	Owens	Republican		2022
Patrick T. Murphy	Owens	Republican		2022
Don Quick	Hickenlooper	Democrat		2017
John E. Popovich Jr	Lamm	Democrat		2020
Tomee Crespin	Hickenlooper	Democrat		2019
Ted C. Tow	Ritter	Democrat		2020
Mark D. Warner	Ownes	Republican		2020
Craig Welling	Ritter	Democrat		2020

18th Judicial District

Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln Counties.

19th Judicial District

Weld County.

20th Judicial District

Boulder County.

21st Judicial District

Mesa County.

22nd Judicial District

Dolores, Montezuma Counties.