Ted C. Tow
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Ted C. Tow
Colorado Court of Appeals
Tenure
2018 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
7
Prior offices
Colorado 17th Judicial District
Compensation
Elections and appointments
Education
Contact
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]
Education
Tow received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. from the Wayne State University Law School.[2]
Career
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
Ted C. Tow was retained to the Colorado Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 70.8% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
||
| ✔ | Yes |
70.8 |
1,874,266 | |
No |
29.2 |
773,266 | ||
Total Votes |
2,647,532 |
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
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Ted C. Tow did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
External links
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 September 5, 2014
- ↑ 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
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