Who is running for 17th Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield) District Court, Retention: Judge Caryn A. Datz in 2026?
Here are the candidates for 17th Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield) District Court, Retention: Judge Caryn A. Datz on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in 17th Judicial District.
This is a retention vote: voters decide yes or no on keeping this judge for another term. Judges may not promise how they would rule, so we show experience and record instead of issue positions.
Caryn A. Datz
· IncumbentJudge, 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.
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