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Nicole Rodarte

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Denver County Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2029

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado, Denver, 1994

Law

University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, 1998


Nicole Rodarte is a judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. Her current term ends on January 9, 2029.

Rodarte ran for re-election for judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. She won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Rodarte received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado at Denver in 1994 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law at Boulder in 1998. She began her legal career as a deputy public defender for the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office from 1998 to 2004. She spent the next three years as a sole practitioner. In 2004, she began working as a criminal defense attorney at Alternative Defense Counsel, and in 2006, she took on the same role at the Criminal Justice Act Panel. She continued in both positions in addition to becoming a partner in the firm of Nicole Rodarte & Dana Casper in 2007.[1]

Awards and associations

  • 2009-2010: Board member, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
  • Public policy committee member, Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
  • Member, Judicial Committee for the Colorado Women’s Bar Association[1]

Elections

2024

See also:  City elections in Denver, Colorado (2024)

Denver County Court

Nicole Rodarte was retained to the Denver County Court on November 5, 2024 with 77.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
77.4
 
190,391
No
 
22.6
 
55,719
Total Votes
246,110


Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rodarte in this election.

2020

Denver County Court, Rodarte's seat

Nicole Rodarte was retained to the Denver County Court on November 3, 2020 with 81.1% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
81.1
 
245,738
No
 
18.9
 
57,313
Total Votes
303,051


2016

See also: Colorado local trial court judicial elections, 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.

Nicole Rodarte was retained in the Denver County Court, Nicole Rodarte Retention Election with 79.78 percent of the vote.

Denver County Court, Nicole Rodarte Retention Election, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngNicole Rodarte79.78%
Source: Colorado Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016

Selection method

See also: Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection

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.[2] Judges are initially appointed to two-year terms and then run in retention elections for four-year terms afterward.[3] 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

Nicole Rodarte did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Nicole Rodarte did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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