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Beth Faragher
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2029
Beth Faragher is a judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. Her current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Faragher ran for re-election for judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. She won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.
Faragher was initially appointed by Mayor of Denver Michael B. Hancock on May 9, 2014.
Biography
Faragher received an undergraduate degree from Florida Atlantic University and a J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is a former supervising attorney for the Denver Municipal Public Defender’s Counsel. She then spent eight years in private practice, working in criminal defense. In 2008, she left that position to become a full-time magistrate for Denver. There she oversaw the protective order courtroom and the small claims, criminal arraignment, traffic, juvenile, and general sessions courts.[1]
Awards and associations
- Founder/board member, Kit Faragher Foundation
- Graduate, Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (COBALT) Program
- Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow
- Denver Bar Association’s Representative to the Colorado Bar Association[2]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2024)
Denver County Court
Beth Faragher was retained to the Denver County Court on November 5, 2024 with 77.7% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
77.7
|
191,001 | ||
No |
22.3
|
54,973 | |||
Total Votes |
245,974 | ||||
|
|
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Faragher in this election.
2020
Denver County Court, Faragher's seat
Beth Faragher was retained to the Denver County Court on November 3, 2020 with 81.8% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
81.8
|
248,984 | ||
No |
18.2
|
55,306 | |||
Total Votes |
304,290 | ||||
|
|
2016
Colorado held judicial retention elections in 2016. Thirty-six county court judges sought retention to four-year terms in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Beth Faragher was retained in the Denver County Court, Beth Faragher Retention Election with 78.58 percent of the vote.
| Denver County Court, Beth Faragher Retention Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Beth Faragher | 78.58% | |
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||
Selection method
Judges of the Colorado County Courts are each appointed by the governor with the help of a commission—except in Denver, Colorado, where judges are appointed by the mayor rather than the governor.[3] Judges are initially appointed to two-year terms and then run in retention elections for four-year terms afterward.[4] To serve on this court, a judge must be a qualified elector and resident of the county and licensed to practice law in the state. Some small counties only require a high school degree or equivalent but require judges to attend an institute to learn about county court duties.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Beth Faragher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Beth Faragher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ North Denver News, "North Denver’s Beth Faragher appointed to County Court," May 9, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedappoint - ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ State of Colorado Judicial Branch, "Judicial Nominating Commissions," accessed June 20, 2014
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Colorado • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Colorado
State courts:
Colorado Supreme Court • Colorado Court of Appeals • Colorado District Courts • Colorado County Courts • Denver Probate Court • Denver Juvenile Court • Colorado Municipal Courts • Colorado Water Courts
State resources:
Courts in Colorado • Colorado judicial elections • Judicial selection in Colorado
