Judd Choate
Director, Division of Elections Colorado Department of State
Judd Choate is Director of the Division of Elections at the Colorado Department of State, and the President of the National Association of State Election Directors. Prior to joining the Colorado Department of State, Mr. Choate practiced election law at the Denver firm of Kelly Garnsey Hubbell & Lass. He also served as a law clerk for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex J. Martinez and as a summer clerk for Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, where he taught courses on campaigns and elections.