Davis County voters will see a retention question for Utah Court of Appeals Judge Gregory Keith Orme on the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election ballot.

No challenger is on the ballot.

Voters mark "yes" to retain or "no" to remove. Orme has served on the court since January 1987, when Gov. Norman H. Bangerter appointed him as one of the original judges at the court's creation, according to his Utah Courts biography.

Candidate information

  • Office: Utah Court of Appeals judge (retention)
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of Utah (1975); J.D., George Washington University (1978)
  • Prior work: Attorney at VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy; law clerk at McKay, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Orme served as presiding judge of the Court of Appeals and chaired the Ethics Advisory Committee and Commissioner Conduct Committee within the Utah court system. He received the Utah State Bar's Judge of the Year award in 2007.

This profile is based on publicly available information. No questionnaire responses were received for this candidate.