Judge Craig P. Henderson
Judge · Mesa County, Colorado · 200 S. Spruce Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501
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Judge Henderson graduated from McPherson College and received his law degree from Washburn University, both in Kansas. As a lawyer he was mostly a prosecutor, with a small amount of private practice. He made Mesa County his home in 2002 and worked as a prosecutor in the Mesa County District Attorney's Office.
Governor Bill Owens appointed him a Mesa County Court Judge in 2006, and Governor Jared Polis appointed him a District Court Judge in 2024.
Appointed by Governor Bill Owens in 2006.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 8-0); 2020: meets performance standards; 2016: retain. On the bench since 2006.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 8 of 318 attorneys invited by email answered; 3 of 609 non-attorneys invited by email answered; the judicial district has 155,703 residents (2020 Census). State survey report.
Colorado Court of Appeals decisions on this judge’s rulings announced since June 2023: 7 (7 affirmed).