A Republican state lawmaker worried about being drawn out of his district gave party activists talking points on how he would shape new legislative maps. At a public hearing in Durango, a number of current and former La Plata County Democratic Party officers testified before Colorado’s independent congressional and legislative redistricting commissions but didn’t mention […]
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Remapping 2021 | One week to go before the big deadline for Colorado’s legislative redistricting commission
With a new congressional map before the Colorado Supreme Court, the spotlight turns to the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission. Final drafts of the state House and state Senate maps drawn by nonpartisan staff are to be released Tuesday, and legislative commissioners have set a new Oct. 12 deadline to make their final decisions on where […]
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Here is the new congressional map headed to the Colorado Supreme Court for final approval
The 12 members of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission agreed on an overhaul of the state’s U.S. House districts late Tuesday in a vote taken minutes before a self-imposed deadline. The map would create 3 safe seats for Democrats, 3 safe seats for Republicans and 2 seats that could go either way. The proposal was […]
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Remapping 2021 | A final Colorado congressional map must be approved this week
Eight of the 12 members of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission must agree on a map by the end of Tuesday to prevent a staff-drawn proposal from being sent to the state Supreme Court for final approval. There are about 30 different maps commissioners can consider at a 2 p.m. meeting Monday or another meeting […]
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The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map could become the final version. Here’s where the districts would be.
Colorado’s newest U.S. House district would be the state’s most competitive — and the most Hispanic — under the latest congressional map draft released Thursday. The map would avoid putting any of the state’s seven incumbent House members in the same district. It would create three safe Republican districts, three safe Democratic districts, a 7th […]
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Remapping 2021 | A wake-up call for Colorado’s redistricting commissioners as deadlines loom
With less than two weeks before a final congressional map is due before the Colorado Supreme Court, Monday is likely to be a marathon meeting for the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission. The deadline is a big wake-up call for commissioners, who have struggled in recent weeks to agree on their direction. “I am increasingly concerned […]
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More big changes in latest Colorado congressional map, which avoids pitting House members against each other
The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map avoids putting the state’s current U.S. House members into the same district, while creating a sweeping district across most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado. The new 8th Congressional District in the north Denver metro region would be nearly 39% Hispanic. The new map released Wednesday groups […]
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Remapping 2021 | New draft Colorado legislative maps are coming and congressional commissioners struggle to find consensus
It’s happening again. But this time, it’s the next drafts of state House and state Senate maps based on 2020 census data, drawn by nonpartisan staff, which will be posted online today. While the congressional maps have drawn a lot more national attention, Colorado’s Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission has received a lot more feedback at […]
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Colorado redistricting commissioners mull big changes to latest draft of congressional map
Blowback on a proposal that would place northwest Colorado and Boulder in the same congressional district has Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission considering significant changes to the latest draft of the state’s U.S. House map released Friday. That map, the first plan based on 2020 census data, would also create a southern district and draw […]
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The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map would create a whole new dynamic in the state
The dozen members of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission questioned nonpartisan staff Monday about the latest draft map of the state’s U.S. House districts as they prepare to hear from the public about the plan this week. The map, introduced Friday based on 2020 census data and which has thrown Colorado’s political world into a […]