Colorado constitution
Article VI
Section 10

(5) Pursuant to the creation of the Twenty-Third Judicial District, no later than November 30, 2024, the Governor shall designate district judges from the Eighteenth Judicial District to serve as district judges in the Twenty-Third Judicial District. No later than January 7, 2025, each district judge designated pursuant to this section shall establish residence in the Twenty-Third Judicial District. Each district judge designated pursuant to this section, at the completion of the last term for which the judge was last elected or appointed, is eligible to seek retention in the Twenty-Third Judicial District. A vacancy in any judicial office in the Twenty-Third Judicial District occurring after January 7, 2025, shall be filled as provided in Section 20 (1) of this Article VI