Judge, 17th Judicial District Court (Adams and Broomfield Counties)

Caryn A. Datz is the sitting 17th Judicial District Court judge, standing for a retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹. She was appointed in August 2018 and was previously a chief trial deputy in the Boulder County District Attorney's Office².

• District Court judge since August 2018; presided over a juvenile delinquency and dependency and neglect docket until last year, when she returned to a criminal docket²
• Chief Trial Deputy, 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office (Boulder County), before her appointment²
• University of Miami School of Law (2001); B.A., University of Wisconsin (1998)²
• Appointed to the District Court bench in August 2018 by then Governor John Hickenlooper². This is a retention election: voters decide yes or no on keeping the sitting judge, and no opponent is on the ballot¹.
• Bar poll: Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, 2026 evaluation: Recommendation: Meets Performance Standards. "The Seventeenth Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance agrees by a vote of 8-0, with two commissioners absent, that Judge Caryn A. Datz MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." This is an official state commission evaluation of the judge's performance, not an endorsement².