Who is running for 18th Judicial District (Arapahoe) District Court, Retention: Judge Natalie G. Stricklin in 2026?
Here are the candidates for 18th Judicial District (Arapahoe) District Court, Retention: Judge Natalie G. Stricklin on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in 18th 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.
Natalie G. Stricklin
· IncumbentJudge, 18th Judicial District Court (Arapahoe County)
Natalie G. Stricklin is the sitting 18th Judicial District Court judge, standing for a retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot1. She was appointed in December 2023 after a career as a state and federal public defender2.
- District Court judge since December 20232
- Deputy and Senior Deputy State Public Defender (Greeley 2007-2010, Arapahoe 2010-2015); Assistant Federal Public Defender for Colorado and Wyoming from November 20152
- B.A., University of Michigan (2003); law degree, Michigan State University College of Law (2007)2
- Appointed to the District Court bench in December 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 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 Natalie G. Stricklin MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." This is an official state commission evaluation of the judge's performance, not an endorsement2.
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