Judge, Adams County Court

MaryAnn "Mariana" Vielma is the sitting Adams County Court judge, standing for a retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹. She was appointed in July 2020 after serving as a magistrate and prosecutor².

• County Court judge since July 2020, presiding over criminal, misdemeanor and traffic matters in the 17th Judicial District²
• Before her appointment: magistrate, Assistant County Attorney, Senior Deputy District Attorney and District Court law clerk²
• Undergraduate degree, University of Texas at El Paso; law degree, University of St. Thomas School of Law²
• Appointed to the County Court in July 2020; 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 MaryAnn “Mariana” Vielma MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." This is an official state commission evaluation of the judge's performance, not an endorsement².