Author: Evan Wyloge
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Colorado legislative redistricting commission adopts new state Senate map
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Colorado’s 12 legislative redistricting commissioners voted unanimously late Tuesday night to adopt a new state Senate district map, after an eleventh-hour map alteration session on their final day of redistricting work. The map will have to be reviewed and approved by the Colorado Supreme Court in the coming weeks. If the court approves it, the…
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Redistricting commission’s new legislative draft maps signal solid Democratic majorities
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Colorado’s Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission released new draft proposals for the state’s House and Senate district maps Monday, foreshadowing likely continued dominance at the statehouse by Democrats. The newest version of the maps also boost minority composition in some parts of the state, when compared to earlier versions of the maps drafted in June, based…
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Colorado’s new draft congressional map centers on Hispanic ‘southern district’
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Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission released the first new draft map since receiving the official 2020 decennial census data. The new draft congressional map incorporates the “southern district” concept, built around the idea of empowering rural Hispanic and Native American Coloradans, after several organizations criticized the preliminary draft map, released in June, because of how it…
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Colorado congressional redistricting commission focuses on ‘southern district’ concept
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At Wednesday night’s congressional redistricting commission meeting, a “southern district” concept was approved by a majority of the commissioners, meaning some big changes could be coming to the preliminary draft congressional map first released in late June. The “southern district” concept would be built around the idea that Colorado’s rural ethnic minority communities should be…
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Colorado nonprofit targeted with redistricting lobbying complaint helped draft others’ map proposals
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Days after a formal complaint accused a secretly funded nonprofit organization of violating redistricting lobbying disclosure laws, a video recording obtained by The Gazette reveals the same group helped craft maps proposed by the prominent Colorado Farm Bureau, contradicting what the Farm Bureau’s president told the state’s redistricting commissioners. The Farm Bureau president Carlyle Currier…
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Colorado congressman regrets vow to ‘stop redistricting’ in campaign pitch
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck said a campaign solicitation sent to his political supporters earlier this week, which told them that he needs their money in order to stop the current redistricting cycle, sent the wrong message. “This is serious, and a lot is at stake. We still need $3,102 to have the resources to stop…
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Redistricting lobbying laws violated, new complaint alleges
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A complaint filed today with the Colorado Secretary of State accuses a group of secretly-funded political operatives of illegally lobbying the state’s redistricting commissioners. The complaint, filed by former Democratic state lawmaker Stanley Matsunaka, accuses former Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty and former Colorado House and Senate member Greg Brophy, both Republicans, of lobbying the state’s…
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2020 Census | Bucking the trend: As nation, state get more diverse, Denver gets whiter
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The U.S. Census Bureau’s decennial census data, released last week, show that Colorado, like most of the rest of the country, saw a shift toward greater diversity, as the population became more Hispanic, Black and Asian. But in Denver, that wasn’t the case. Some parts of Denver already saw predominantly white areas become less diverse.…
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Incumbent Colorado lawmaker coached public testimony for redistricting hearings
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A state lawmaker looking to protect the fortunes of his Republican caucus as Colorado’s political maps are redrawn this year held a video training earlier this summer to coach people on how to provide testimony intended to keep the incumbent legislators in power after the redistricting cycle. A video recording of the virtual training held…
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Census data reveals population adjustments needed in draft maps
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Colorado’s redistricting commissioners decided earlier this year to use incomplete and out-of-date data to draw the preliminary draft maps that are being toured around the state for public input. The commissioners knew at the time that their maps would end up needing adjustments, because the official data was bound to be different in some parts…