Ted C. Tow
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2018 - Present
2029
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Ted C. Tow is a judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. He assumed office on February 12, 2018. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Tow ran for re-election for judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
Tow was appointed by Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper in 2018 to replace retired Judge Dennis Graham.[1]
He was formerly a judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District Court (Division K) in Colorado. Tow was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter in 2010, effective November of that year.[2] He was later retained by voters in 2014, winning a six-year term that was set to expire on January 11, 2021. [3]
Biography
Ted C. Tow received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. from the Wayne State University Law School.[2] Immediately prior to taking the bench as a district court judge, he served as executive director of the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council. He was also the deputy district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District for several years.[2]
Elections
2020
Colorado Court of Appeals, Ted Tow's seat
Ted C. Tow was retained to the Colorado Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 70.8% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
70.8
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1,874,266 | ||
No |
29.2
|
773,266 | |||
Total Votes |
2,647,532 | ||||
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2014
Tow was retained to the Seventeenth Judicial District with 63.6 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [4]
Judicial performance evaluation
The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Tow be Retained. The full report is available here.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ted C. Tow did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Colorado Court of Appeals |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Denver Post, "John Hickenlooper appoints judge to fill vacancy on Colorado’s second-highest court," December 18, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Colorado Judicial Branch, "Ted C. Tow," accessed April 10, 2025
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado," accessed July 13, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 4, 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
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