Author: Evan Wyloge
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ANALYSIS | Proposed legislative draft maps from Colorado redistricting commission show Dems lose ground in House
Early analysis of the preliminary draft of maps for the state Senate and House show that there will be plenty of competition, mostly between incumbents, and often within the same party. What was released by Colorado’s legislative redistricting commission on Tuesday is only a “starting point” map, like the preliminary draft congressional map released last…
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ANALYSIS | Preliminary 8-district congressional plan’s partisan tilt in the eye of the beholder
Colorado’s political class was set abuzz this week after the state’s congressional redistricting commission unveiled their “starting point” 8-district congressional map plan. The map is going to change before a final version is selected, but that hasn’t prevented anyone from offering opinions on who the map indicates is winning or losing the redistricting process or…
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‘Starting point’ for Colorado’s 8-district congressional map unveiled
Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission debuted the “starting point” congressional district map, with eight districts instead of seven and that will be altered and adjusted over the coming months, before settling on a final version of the map this fall. The map revealed Wednesday represents a best attempt by the commission’s staff at creating a population-balanced…
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Hispanic business group calls for new congressional district north of Denver
The Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has stepped into the congressional redistricting ring, proposing a district map plan that they argue would give the proper voice to the growing Hispanic community in the Denver-area suburbs. The group has proposed a map that would include a district that would group together the areas north and northeast…
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CHOICE CUTS | How competing redistricting requirements will reshape Colorado’s congressional map
Note: This story has been updated to accommodate developments that happened the week of June 7. Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission has grappled with months-delayed census data, legislators trying to unconstitutionally tweak their procedures, a state Supreme Court case to defend their independence and the takedown of their first chairman over his controversial Facebook posts –…
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State redistricting commissions rebuke lawmakers’ ‘unconstitutional infringement’ in census matter
Colorado’s two independent redistricting commissions have two words for state lawmakers: Hands off. In legal briefs filed by the two commissions, they wrote that state lawmakers overstepped their boundaries when they quickly advanced a piece of legislation that would change the redistricting process overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2018. Now they want the Colorado Supreme…
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Congressional redistricting commission OKs drafting maps without census data
Colorado’s independent congressional redistricting commission voted Monday to begin drawing draft congressional maps that rely on survey data and estimates, due to a months-long delay in the U.S. Census Bureau’s normal decennial census data. The preliminary plans could be ready as early as the end of next month. The decision comes just days ahead of…
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Redistricting commissions scramble for voice in Supreme Court’s census fix consideration
Colorado’s independent redistricting commissions have hired attorneys days before a crucial legal deadline in a fast-moving state Supreme Court case that could alter the once-in-a-decade political map drawing process. Hiring lawyers who will advise the commissions and represent them in legal matters, like the one now headed to the state high court, comes just in…
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Bill to have preliminary redistricting maps rely on survey data sails through first hearing
A panel of lawmakers gave unanimous approval to a bill that aims to fix the state redistricting commissions’ census data delay problems, by deeming survey data appropriate to use for the preliminary maps, instead of waiting for the U.S. Census Bureau’s official decennial census data. The state’s redistricting commissions would normally have had the decennial…
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Colorado’s rural counties call for congressional district shakeup
Colorado’s rural counties are among the first organized coalitions beginning to make their mapping interests known, as the state heads into the once-in-a-decade redistricting process. They want the two primarily rural congressional districts changed to include some counties that have been grouped with urban areas during the past 10 years, to squeeze out metro-area residents.…