Who is running for District Court Judge, Jefferson County, Place No. 2 in 2026?
Here are the candidates for District Court Judge, Jefferson County, Place No. 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in District Court Judge.
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Maria Fortune
Democrat · IncumbentDistrict Judge, Jefferson County District Court, Criminal Division (Place 2)
Maria Fortune is a Jefferson County district judge in the criminal division and presides over the Birmingham Division drug court1. She won District Court Place 2 in November 2020 and took office in January 202123. Before the bench she ran her own law practice, served as a deputy public defender and an assistant city attorney, and sat as a special circuit judge and daily master in Jefferson County1. She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot4.
- District Judge, Jefferson County District Court, criminal division, Place 2, since January 18, 2021; presiding judge of the Birmingham Division drug court12
- Private law practice; deputy public defender; assistant city attorney1
- Special Circuit Court Judge in family and criminal court and Daily Master in domestic relations court, Birmingham Division1
- B.S., University of Northern Colorado; J.D., University of Denver College of Law1
- Elected in the November 3, 2020 general election, running without a major party opponent, and assumed office January 18, 202123.
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