Craig Welling
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Craig Welling
Colorado Court of Appeals
Tenure
2017 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
8
Compensation
Elections and appointments
Education
Contact
Craig Welling is a judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 16, 2017. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Welling ran for re-election for judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
Welling was appointed to the court at the end of December 2016 by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper to succeed retired Judge Gale Miller.[1]
Welling was previously a judge in the Colorado 17th Judicial District. He was appointed to that court by Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter for a term that began in January 2011.[2]
Education
Welling received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in 1995, his master's degree from Penn State University in 2001, and his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in 2001.[2]
Career
From 2007 until his appointment to the bench in 2011, Welling served as chief legal counsel for the administration of Governor Bill Ritter. Prior to that, he was an attorney in private practice.[2]
Elections
2020
Craig Welling was retained to the Colorado Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 70.1% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
||
| ✔ | Yes |
70.1 |
1,851,221 | |
No |
29.9 |
790,433 | ||
Total Votes |
2,641,654 |
2014
Welling was retained to the Seventeenth Judicial District with 65.1 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [3]
Judicial performance evaluation
The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Welling be Retained. The full report is available here.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Craig Welling did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, "GOV. HICKENLOOPER APPOINTS COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE," December 30, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Office of the Governor, Press Release: Names 4 New Judges to County, District Courts," November 29, 2010
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 4, 2014
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