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Linda Billings-Vela
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2031
Linda Billings-Vela is a judge of the Colorado 4th Judicial District. Her current term ends on January 14, 2031.
Billings-Vela ran for re-election for judge of the Colorado 4th Judicial District. She won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.
She was appointed to the district court by Governor John Hickenlooper effective July 1, 2015.
Education
Billings-Vela received her undergraduate degree from Colorado College and her J.D. from the University of Denver School of Law.[1]
Career
Prior to her judicial appointment, Bellings-Vela worked for the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office from 1995 to 1997, and again from 2001 to 2009. Between that service, she was an attorney with Anderson, Dude & Lebel, P.C.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in El Paso County, Colorado (2024)
Colorado 4th Judicial District
Linda Billings-Vela was retained to the Colorado 4th Judicial District on November 5, 2024 with 61.0% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
61.0
|
185,544 | ||
No |
39.0
|
118,436 | |||
Total Votes |
303,980 | ||||
|
|
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Billings-Vela in this election.
2018
Colorado 4th Judicial District, Linda Billings-Vela's seat
Linda Billings-Vela was retained to the Colorado 4th Judicial District on November 6, 2018 with 75.0% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
75.0
|
179,673 | ||
No |
25.0
|
59,749 | |||
Total Votes |
239,422 | ||||
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2014
Billings-Vela was retained to the Teller County Court, Colorado with 72.2 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Judicial performance evaluation
The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Billings-Vela be Retained. The full report is available here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Billings-Vela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpr - ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 5, 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
