Single “minority-majority” district map
Single “minority-majority” district map
Two variations of a map centered around a single district that has the highest concentration of non-white voters possible.
What’s interesting about this plan?
• The plan would create an upside-down U shape that includes the Denver metro area’s highest minority composition neighborhoods, combining parts of Lakewood in the west, with portions of Adams County on the northern border of Denver and much of Aurora to the east of Denver.
How will it affect other criteria?
• The plan would divide many cities and counties in the Denver area.
• The partisan split of the map would give Democrats four solid districts, with two solid Republican districts and two Republican-leaning districts.
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Marianne Goodland
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Updated 12 minutes ago
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Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 54 minutes ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which...
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Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 days ago
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By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 2 days ago
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Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
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Colorado Politics calendar Apr. 13-19
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
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Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 minutes ago
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Literal reading of budget bill complicates Colorado legislators’ plans for GOP assembly
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 6 hours ago
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10th Circuit provides guidance on police searches of cloud-based data
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court provided guidance to law enforcement agencies on Monday for ensuring that searches of cloud-based accounts comply with the Fourth Amendment’s requirements. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit noted...
Inflation jumped to 3.3% in March as Iran war drove up oil prices
Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner
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Updated 1 day ago
Inflation spiked in March, rising nine-tenths of a percentage point to 3.3% on the year, as towering energy prices drove up the headline number. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the update to the consumer price index on Friday. The...