Shall Judge Elizabeth L. Harris of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Source: results.enr.clarityelections.com
What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Elizabeth L. Harris
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Colorado Court of Appeals judge since 2015. Earlier spent five years at the Federal Public Defender's Office in Colorado and worked at the Denver law firm Jacobs Chase, later part of Husch Blackwell.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Wrote a 3-0 appeals court opinion undoing a Denver judge's order that ended a father's parental rights, finding the lower court wrongly made the father prove he was fit.
September 11, 2025
Source: coloradopolitics.com
Wrote an appeals court opinion in a records case brought by The Colorado Sun and 9NEWS, ruling that child abuse report addresses can be kept secret only if they would identify someone.
November 2, 2023
Source: coloradofoic.org
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
The State Commission on Judicial Performance voted 9-0 that Elizabeth L. Harris meets Colorado's performance standards for judges, in its 2026 review before the retention vote.
August 4, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: judicialperformance.colorado.gov
Sources: denvergov.org · assets.bouldercounty.gov