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Thomas Flesher

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Thomas B. Flesher is a judge on the 10th District Court in Colorado. He was initially appointed to the office by Gov. Bill Ritter (D) in March 2008 and was retained to a full six-year term in 2010. Flesher won retention again in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Flesher received his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. Immediately prior to his appointment to the district court, Flesher worked in private practice. He had also worked as a staff attorney with Pueblo County Legal Services and a deputy state public defender.[1]
Elections
2016
Colorado held judicial retention elections in 2016. Fifty-eight district court judges sought retention to six-year terms in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Thomas Flesher was retained in the Colorado 10th Judicial District, Thomas Flesher Retention Election with 70.59 percent of the vote.
Colorado 10th Judicial District, Thomas Flesher Retention Election, 2016 | ||
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Name | Yes votes | |
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Source: Colorado Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016 |
2010
- See also: Colorado judicial elections, 2010
Flesher was retained in 2010 with 70.3 percent of the vote.[2][3]
Retention recommendation
Flesher was recommended for retention by the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation.
- Read the performance review here.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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