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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A new Colorado congressional map is before the Supreme Court. Now the legal battles begin.
After months of hearings, debate and tedious district-tweaking, the first Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission has agreed upon a map to send to the state Supreme Court. Now the legal battles begin. With the submission of a new congressional map to the court Friday, and the state House and Senate maps set to follow in […]
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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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Opinion: Water is the 3rd District’s “community of interest.” Only one redistricting map gets it
On Aug. 17, 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke to a capacity crowd at Pueblo’s Dutch Clark Stadium. “I don’t think there is any more valuable lesson for a President or Member of the House and Senate than to fly as we have flown today over some of the bleakest land in the United States […]
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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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Control of the Colorado Senate would come down to a handful of competitive districts under latest draft maps
Partisan control of the Colorado Senate would depend on the outcome of races in eight toss-up districts under the latest draft legislative maps released Thursday, though Democrats would have a clear advantage in the House. Twelve districts under the new Senate draft map would be considered safe for Democrats, while five would lean in the […]
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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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Democrats poised to keep control of Colorado legislature under latest draft redistricting maps
The latest draft maps of Colorado’s new state Senate and House districts would make it difficult for Republicans to challenge Democratic control of the legislature, according to analysis of the proposals released Monday. Under the new maps, the 35-seat state Senate would include 15 safe Democratic districts, 10 safe Republican districts and 10 competitive districts, […]