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Amy Padden
2025 - Present
2029
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Amy Padden (Democratic Party) is the Arapahoe County District Attorney in Colorado. She assumed office on January 14, 2025. Her current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Padden (Democratic Party) ran for election for Arapahoe County District Attorney in Colorado. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Padden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Amy Padden was born in South Carolina. She earned a high school diploma from the Western Reserve Academy, a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in 1991, and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. Padden's career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Arapahoe County, Colorado (2024)
General election
General election for Arapahoe County District Attorney
Amy Padden defeated Carol Chambers in the general election for Arapahoe County District Attorney on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amy Padden (D)  | 57.7 | 175,111 |
| Carol Chambers (R) | 42.3 | 128,389 | ||
| Total votes: 303,500 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney
Amy Padden advanced from the Democratic primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amy Padden | 100.0 | 45,868 |
| Total votes: 45,868 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney
Carol Chambers advanced from the Republican primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carol Chambers | 100.0 | 26,836 | |
| Total votes: 26,836 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Padden's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Padden in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Arapahoe County, Colorado (2020)
General election
General election for Arapahoe County District Attorney
John Kellner defeated Amy Padden in the general election for Arapahoe County District Attorney on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Kellner (R) | 50.1 | 287,396 |
| Amy Padden (D) | 49.9 | 285,963 | |
| Total votes: 573,359 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney
Amy Padden defeated Matt Maillaro in the Democratic primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amy Padden | 71.7 | 112,224 |
| Matt Maillaro | 28.3 | 44,297 | ||
| Total votes: 156,521 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney
John Kellner advanced from the Republican primary for Arapahoe County District Attorney on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kellner | 100.0 | 98,974 |
| Total votes: 98,974 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Amy Padden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Padden's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Community Safety -- the District Attorney's primary job is to ensure that our communities are safe.
- Alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders -- finding alternatives to incarceration rehabilitates offenders and reduces recidivism, thereby preventing crime and making our communities safer.
- Ensuring justice and equity for all -- we know that the criminal justice system disproportionately affects groups of individuals and we need to ensure that justice is equally applied to everyone.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2020
Amy Padden did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 9, 2024
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