Judge, 18th Judicial District Court (Arapahoe County)

Thomas W. Henderson is the sitting 18th Judicial District Court judge, standing for a retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹. He was appointed in 2023 after 35 years as a civil litigator².

• District Court judge since 2023 after a 35-year career as a civil litigator²
• President of the Arapahoe County Bar Association in 2020-2021; co-chair of its Access to Justice Committee²
• B.A., Whitman College (1983); University of Denver Sturm College of Law (1987)²
• Appointed to the District Court in 2023 after a 35-year career as a civil litigator; 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 Eighteenth Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance agrees by a vote of 8-0, with one member absent and one vacancy on the Commission, that Judge Thomas W. Henderson MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." This is an official state commission evaluation of the judge's performance, not an endorsement².