Judge, Adams County Court

Lara M. Jimenez is the sitting Adams County Court judge, standing for a retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹. She was appointed in January 2023 after serving as a magistrate and earlier as a deputy district attorney².

• Adams County Court judge since January 2023; docket is about 15 percent felony and 85 percent misdemeanor and traffic cases²
• Magistrate in the 17th Judicial District and earlier a magistrate for the City and County of Denver²
• Deputy District Attorney from 2011 to 2020; associate attorney at Front Line Law²
• Appointed to the Adams County Court in January 2023; the evaluation page does not name the appointing governor². 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 unanimously agrees by a vote of 8-0 with two commissioners absent, that Judge Lara M. Jimenez MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." This is an official state commission evaluation of the judge's performance, not an endorsement².