Jefferson Boone Coombs
Nonpartisan
Biography
Jefferson Boone Coombs has served as a circuit court judge of the Ninth Judicial District in Fremont County since his appointment in October 2021, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Sublette County, Wyoming
Retention: Judge Jefferson Boone Coombs, Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial District
Sublette County, Wyoming
Retention: Judge Jefferson Boone Coombs, Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial District
One candidate is tracked for Retention: Judge Jefferson Boone Coombs, Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial District on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jefferson Boone Coombs. Candidate information follows official Sublette County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Jefferson Boone Coombs as a judge of the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial District; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on ballots in Fremont County, Sublette County, Teton County.
What this office does
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. One name is on the ballot for this seat.