District court judge finalists selected

    The 13th Judicial District Nominating Commission has nominated three candidates for a district court judgeship created by the passage of SB 19-043, effective July 1. Nominees David Bute and Stephanie Gagliano of Fort Morgan, and Michael Grinnan of Burlington were selected by the commission May 22.
    Under the Colorado Constitution, the governor has 15 days from May 23 within which to appoint one of the nominees as district court judge for the 13th Judicial District (Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma counties).
    Comments regarding any of the nominees may be sent to the governor at gov_judicialappointments@state.co.us.