Byron Lynn Howell

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Byron Lynn Howell

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Prior offices
Adams County Court

Education

Bachelor's

University of Northern Colorado, 1978

Graduate

San Diego State University, 2003

Law

University of Wyoming, 1994

Byron Lynn Howell was a judge of the Adams County Court in Colorado. He left office on January 9, 2023.

Howell ran for re-election for judge of the Adams County Court in Colorado. He won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.

Howell retired from the Adams County Court in January 2023. [1]

He was appointed to the court by Governor Bill Ritter in 2008.

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Adams County, Colorado (2018)

Adams County Court, Byron Lynn Howell's seat

Byron Lynn Howell was retained to the Adams County Court on November 6, 2018 with 54.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
54.4
 
74,092
No
 
45.6
 
62,100
Total Votes
136,192

2014

Howell was retained to the Adams County Court, Colorado with 60.3 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2] 

Judicial performance evaluation

The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Howell be Retained. The full report is available here.

2010

Howell was retained in 2010 with 59.57 percent of the vote.[3]

Main article: Colorado judicial elections, 2010

Retention recommendation

Howell was recommended for retention by the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation.[4]

Read Howell's Judicial Performance Review here.

Education

Howell earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Wyoming in 1994. He also earned a graduate degree from San Diego State University in 2003.[5]

Career

Before his appointment to the court, Howell was a deputy city and county attorney in Broomfield County.[5]

See also

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Footnotes