Shall Judge Audrey A. Galloway of the 19th Judicial District be retained in office?
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Audrey A. Galloway
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Audrey A. Galloway has been a district court judge in Weld County since 2024. Before that she was a juvenile magistrate for five years, a Weld County deputy district attorney, and a private lawyer handling estate, probate, and family cases.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
As a district judge, sentenced Joel Kaufman to 156 years to life in prison for child sex crimes, including attempted sexual assault of a child.
March 2, 2026
Source: greeleytribune.com
Sentenced a woman to 35 years in prison for stabbing her newborn to death in Nunn. She weighed defense testimony about young adult brain development.
January 16, 2026
Source: greeleytribune.com
Sentenced Levi Miller to 156 years in prison for firing 33 shots at two Eaton police officers in 2021.
April 9, 2025
Source: greeleytribune.com
Won a jury conviction as a Weld County prosecutor against a Greeley man for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.
May 23, 2013
Source: greeleytribune.com
Argued as a Weld County prosecutor that a man who hid a camera in a Greeley FunPlex family changing room was a public risk. He got two years in prison.
March 6, 2013
Source: greeleytribune.com
Prosecuted a man at his retrial for killing another man with a 14-pound rock. She told the jury he acted out of anger, not fear.
June 5, 2012
Source: greeleytribune.com
Prosecuted a Greeley caregiver who forged 57 checks from a woman with multiple sclerosis. The judge sentenced the caregiver to six years in prison.
March 29, 2011
Source: greeleytribune.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 3 favorable
Received an 8-0 "meets performance standards" finding from the 19th Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance, with high marks in all six areas.
August 4, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: judicialperformance.colorado.gov
Had her ruling upheld 5-1 by the Colorado Supreme Court. She had ruled that breaking a protection order can support a burglary charge (People v. Dilka).
March 2, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: coloradopolitics.com
Was appointed by Gov. Jared Polis to the Weld County District Court (19th Judicial District), after serving as a juvenile court magistrate since 2019.
May 16, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: colorado.gov
Sources: judicialperformance.colorado.gov · weld.gov