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There are several on the state’s reappotionment website.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Sat…
House Fv1 and Senate Ev1
I hadn’t looked at House Fv1 yet — look at the “compactness” of HD61 on that map — a very different place for Summit County, connected by a “thread” to counties southwest of Summit. Interesting.
but the proposed HD61 is in no way a district in which the area is as compact as possible, as the state constitution requires. And on top of that, it would be an extremely difficult district to get around in — what you can’t tell from the Commission maps is that Lake County only connects to Pitkin County by road during the summer months (Independence Pass), you don’t get to Gunnison County directly through Lake or Pitkin, and Delta is a 3 1/2-hr drive from Summit if you go through Grand Junction (not through Lake, Pitkin or Gunnison counties). Good grief.
To see if they approve, too.
the maps the Republicans didn’t like, but I don’t see a link to the approved maps.
A quick look at the Senate EV1 map for Arapahoe County/Aurora is curious at best. Senate District 29 includes a population center in “Old Aurora” (a highly Latino, Democratic population) with most of eastern Arapahoe County (Watkins, Strasburg, Byers, and Deer Trail). So the eastern Arapahoe County farmers and ranchers get stuck with an urban Senator.
It is hard to sort out District 26 (until they release Google Earth files). But the district appears to contain Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, southwestern Aurora, and a good chunk of east Denver (so much for keeping counties whole). This district appears to wrap around the southern suburbs in the same way that Ed Perlmutters old 7th CD wrapped around the west, north and eastern suburbs.
There seems to have been an attempt to carve along county lines, then split up the urban centers as best they can while equalizing population, using smaller population counties to even out the distribution when needed. There are lots of “holes” in the maps for urban districts.
This means that Longmont gets split in two (it’s too big for one district) and the southeast side lumped in with Lafayette and Louisville. Boulder gets chopped up vaguely similar to the current map, but the outlying counties included in HD-13 were jiggered to adjust for the different need in balancing populations…
My guess is that SD-26 was a “leftover” district, with all the pieces left over after they’d carved out what someone thought were appropriate urban boundaries for all the other districts in the region.
It specifically addresses the reasons the SC kicked the first maps back.
The Democrats took the technical note made by the courts and manipulated it to do the worst possible damage to Republicans. Then they waited until days after the deadline to submit it. Mario Carrera worked with the Democrats to accomplished all of this. It’s a disgusting abuse of power, and a betrayal.
We can only hope the court will send it back for another try, and that somebody can make Mad Mario see reason.
Why are you opposed to the people having a choice?
Of course the people have a choice. They chose Republicans who are now being shoved into the same district to eliminate each other like gladiators for the amusement of Colorado Pols. This is a totally unacceptable situation. The people will understand. There will be a backlash. Did Hickenlooper know that Mario Carrera was a closet partisan hack?
This is not over…
I hate to break it to you but the districts should be drawn to best serve the people, not to best serve the incumbents.
Hickenlooper did not appoint Carrera. He was appointed by Colorado Supreme Court Justice Bender. Hickenlooper appointed 2 Dems and 1 Republican when he had every right to appoint 3 Dems. Not only are you a cry baby you are ignorant. And yes it is over!
People don’t give a shit about this stuff. Especially when there are as many R’s as D’s on the commission. You want some cheese with that whine? You guys made your bed, it’s clear that you pissed off the independent member of the commission and he screwed you. Frankly, having a Democratic party that can play the game as well (actually better) as the Republican Party has played this game for the last three times this has been done is great for the people of the state. It means that in the future people will have to pay attention to the Constitution and give folks what they voted for all those years ago. You got screwed. But then your guys (including me) invented this kind of screw the people politics. Dems finally figured out how to screw you back. Game on. You got totally outplayed on this one, so take your lumps.
If anyone would bother to look at the GOP proposed map – it was a stacked deck meant to give them a permanent majority. They lost. Dems won. That’s the game. So get down off the cross, we need the wood.
Mario Nicolais and his mouth fucked up the basic relationship politics and the Colorado GOP will pay the price for the next decade. I mean, calling the commission chairman a liar the day before the final vote, and then bitching about losing his vote? What a moron!
Lesser Mario’s public bed wetting is probably the result of a bunch of GOP incumbents whipping him pretty good the last couple days for not having his act together, so I suppose we should feel sorry for him. But that’s what you get when you work to have a competitive, winnable map thrown out without a back up plan.
but I never ran into Mario Carrera at them, or heard Dems were talking to them. You dishonor Mr. Carrera by asserting he was partisan without any proof of that claim.
This is no different than what the Republicans have done every single time they’ve had the chance. Spare us your lamentations.
I have to say I’m impressed that the commission managed to get the total county split down as low as they did. The resulting map is “interesting” in spots as a result, and definitely shows a shortcoming in stressing geopolitical boundaries like counties over the looser community of interest standard.
Summit, for example, doesn’t have a lot in common (nor even compactness in travel) with Delta and much of Gunnison. The Boulder foothills likewise are only tenuously connected to Jackson County. But I think given the direction to prioritize existing boundaries, this map does what the commission was directed to do.
Summit County on the HD map is very obvious in its inclusion with a district only barely contiguous to it. The SC may have something to say about that.
Denver has been recut a little dirrently, and I like what the did for the most part on the HD map. HD9 is now a little compact and does not sprawl as far west.
But on the SD side, there seems to be a reversal on the SD map of Denver. SW Denver is now in a district that streaches across Jeffco and includes Gilpin. I’m not sure the SC will let that fly either.
Having SD-16 cut across counties isn’t exactly new, though. The wrap-around into southwest Denver and/or western Arapahoe is different, but again, SD-16 appears to be a “leftover” district – Gilpin, plus all of the parts of JeffCo that don’t fit into an urban district, plus the little leftover tidbits adjacent to JeffCo, whatever they are.
to find HDs 37 and 38.
Let me preface by saying that I did not go to the Reapportionment Hearings mainly because my work is now in Los Angeles – I do come to Colorado frequently to visit family, but otherwise, my political involvement has been mostly outside – I say that as an apology to preface what I am really about to say —
I think these maps are worse
Far worse, actually
Quick good credits though –
1. I think HD57 is an improvement – uniting the folks of Garfield into one district is a solid move, and Moffat and Rio Blanco are EASY to get to from Rifle – I can live with this change
2. HD62, to my blind eye, is minorly improved, with the San Luis Valley staying intact more strongly than before
3. HD58, while I’m still not a fan of the footprint, I think they’ve made this district more manageable
4. SD35 and SD2 look like solid improvements, from a blind eye
Now lets get nasty —
1. HD61 – everyone please take a long look at HD61 and tell me that this is not the most poorly drawn House District in America – has anyone here ever driven from Delta County to Silverthorne? Believe me, I wouldn’t wish that drive on JJ Ament (funny, I know, but seriously) this is an awful footprint that is going to do a disservice to everyone living in the HD61 area
Remember – the whole point of drawing easily commutable districts is so that your House Representative can build relationships easily and represent the community well – HD61 will basically become a district where the person who wins will likely only focus on their personal county leaving everyone else behind
2. However, if there is an award for “Most Poorly Drawn District Other than HD61” then feast your eyes upon HD26 – again, has anyone on the Reapportionment Committee ever driven from El Jebel to Hayden? Well, the State Rep from HD26 will be making that trip frequently and it will be a hellish one – I personally estimate that it takes around 5 to 6 hours to complete that drive, from one end of the district to the other – that’s a monster! When I ran for HD56 in 2008, one end of the district to the other was well under 3 hours (back and forth), which is why making relationships there, despite a large footprint, was easy
3. HD64 and HD65 – honestly, Elbert County should stay with the Front Range metro districts – I think the prior Eastern Plains districts gave more power to the Eastern Plains farmers, whereas these current ones have reduced it
Overall, regarding House Districts, I think it would’ve been much better to throw Basalt and El Jebel into HD57, put Eagle and Summit back together, and marry Routt with Grand and Jackson, among other minor differences – the current cookie cut on the Western Slope is atrocious
4. SD8? I’m starting to be convinced that the people on the Reapportionment Committee hate the Western Slope, but Summit County in particular (did one of them get hit by a snowboarder in Breckenridge? Maybe it was me ten years ago, when I was even more wild? I digress…) Summit County with western Garfield??? Again, they basically swapped out Summit and traded it with Eagle, which was silly, because Eagle has far more in common with the Northwestern corner of the State and is much easier to get to
5. SD5? Again, clearly the Committee also hates Eagle, because are we seriously uniting Burns with the San Luis Valley??? Again, the Senator representing this area will be looking at 6 to 7 hour drives, traversing this monster district
6. SD1 is in bad shape, and I say that because this district should be represented by a farmer, but by putting Elbert and much of Weld in one Senate District, we have taken a KEY Eastern Plains Senate District and put it up for grabs from Metro/I25 candidates – maybe it’s because I’m a small town boy, but SD1 is one of few seats that was guaranteed to be represented by a farmer – that guarantee no longer exists
My ultimate point –
This Reapportionment Committee clearly hasn’t driven outside of the Front Range
They have demonstrated that they have no conception of Western Slope demographics and are lacking when it comes to understanding the Eastern Plains
In the future, I seriously think that the Committee should only be made up of elected officials from the Western Slope, the Eastern Plains, the San Luis Valley, and anyone elected statewide
These maps, on the whole, are a mistake and are not going to serve Colorado well, because we’ve terribly increased workload on rural area candidates, while reducing the chances of rural area candidates even getting the chance to represent their farm-and-ranch areas
And by doing so, we will lose part of our identity
Nonetheless, I screwed up by not being more aggressive at the Reapportionment Hearings and for that, I am very sorry (especially to Eagle, Summit and the Eastern Plains)
With love – Miguel Ali
But as someone from the Front Range, there is equally as much to complain about. Take a look at the new map for SD 16. Part of Gilpin, the mountains and part of the southern end of Jeffco, SW Denver, Southern and a portion of western Boulder County. Horrible. I agree with you, overall this is just a horible map. But, as usual, the Supreme Court made its bed and now it has to lie in it. They have no idea what they are doing. I hate to say it because I don’t want elected judges, but in this area, we were much better off when we had someone with political experience on the court. This map is so bad, I wonder if the Supreme Court will re-visit its decision and go back to the first map, which I think was much better. Good for the Democrats, but bad for the state. Just a nightmare.
The whole Senate map, can you believe that they actually made a map where Bennett carride all 4 Senate Districts in Jeffco and 3 of the four in Arapahoe? I would have said that was impossible. Not with this drawing.
I think you are right. The Supreme Court and the Republicans should be wishing they hadn’t gotten what they hoped for. A terrible disservice to the State.
Being in HD25 always seemed kind of odd.
Not easy to get a compliment from you, brother 🙂
Frankly for rural districts the measure shouldn’t be compactness, but rather drive time. Most candidates aren’t crows.
would fly over some of those mountains in winter.
Just sayin’.
Not easy to get a compliment from you either brother!
It uses the Grand Junction city limits. There are flagpole annexations that are in district 55 while people just a house or two away are in District 54. My old precinct (obviously reprecincting will be necessary) is split into three discrete chunks, two of which (nonadjacent) are in District 55, and one in the middle is in District 54.
Talk about splitting up communities of interest!
but can you bump this up top?
Democrats have stolen the legislature via rank gerrymandering. This is just unbelievable.
But the looney tunes Right couldn’t bring themselves to compromise in the Legislature and get the best deal they could.
Oh Noooooo.
They had to role the dice with an activist commission and activist judges. But a couple of weeks ago when the Supremes rejected the submitted map, they weren’t activists. Oh how quickly these ideological chameleons change.
isn’t done by the legislature.
So they were screwed from the get go with an activist commission.
By opening it up to competition?
Good luck with that.
You’re such a fucking tool.
Why don’t you want people to have a choice?
than the first submission to the SC.
The SC tossed competitiveness to the curb.
10 toss-up districts, 10 lean dem, 7 lean GOP.
And did really good considering that competitiveness is not even on the list of criteria in the law.
The new maps have more competitive districts, 38, than any of the maps submitted throughout the process.
I don’t conisder districts to be truly competitive unless they have a performance index favoring either party by less than 53%.
53-55% I call competitive in the right circumstances, like the favored party running a complete moron.
under this criteria, I count 13 HDs that fall in the competitive range, 10 of which lean D and 12 more in the extended range, 8 of which will likely be held by D’s.
So, of 25 districts that fall in the combined range, 18 favor Ds.
I would not call that a competitive map.
Mind you I’m not complaining. I think the Dems do a better job of running the state, but I stand by my statement that competitiveness went by the wayside in this last map.
I have not done the math on the senate side yet.
That’s why I can’t help “Tebowing” over your crumpled body.
Republicans failed to steal the legislature. But squeal like a pig all you like.
Sorry your side lost.
What it means is his party is going to have to compete based on ideas and solutions instead of red meat. They are going to have to earn their representation just like everyone else.
They ain’t got no steekin’ ideas or solutions!
are so fetid and rotted with decay that only a necrophile could love them.
Just imagine how it could get even better with another 🙂
Math sucks. Deal with it.
Super Mario’s maps were a compromise meant to avoid the simple GOP/Dem either/or choice.
Republicans chose to fight that map and get it tossed out. They succeeded. Created the either/or choice, but didn’t bother to get the swing vote bought into their map.
Super Mario saw the Dem map – with less county splits – as more constitutional. Voted for it. It passed.
Republicans won a battle. Lost the war. Only themselves to blame.
Math.
If Super Mario was fooling them all along, then he did a good job by introducing maps independent of the Democratic and Republican maps. (There’s that word, “independent”. Hmm…)
Republicans are just crying over spilled milk at this point.
Come on you idiot. The Constitution, remember that, only says that there can’t be more than a one person advantage for either party. That’s the only requirement for appointments. It’s not how long they have been a Republican or a Democrat or unaffiliate or how much money they have given to one candidate or another. It’s their registration that counts. I know for a fact that pretty boy Owens had Rick Enstrom a life-long Republican and former Republican elected official change his registration to unaffiliated and appointed him to a state board because Ownes couldn’t appoint any more Democrats. Also, how many contributions have the other 10 members of the Board given during their tenure. You’re just an idiot. I hope someone will tell me who this is so that when this joker runs for office, I’ll be able to send around robo-calls as the former Chair of the Jeffco Republican Party telling people what a dishonest, unthinking, rube you are.
Why are all the Republicans here so shocked. Of course there is politics. If the Republicans would not have run a sideshow of a governors campaign (Maes, Tancredo) maybe Republicans would have controlled the commission. Also please remember that Hickenlooper appointed 2 Democrats (Webb and Salazar) and 1 Republican (Barry) when he had every right to appoint 3 Democrats. Someone suggested above that Hick appointed Carrera which is complete ignorance. Get your facts straight before you cry foul.
But take a good note of what A-GOP is saying, and come up with both a good counter-argument, as well as Dem-friendly message with which to pre-empt this. A-GOP is a party functionary, and as such you can expect his charges to become official party talking points. In fact, they probably already are.
Ryan Call and even Rob Witwer made pretty much the same comments before AGOP managed to make it here to post.
I don’t know where the GOP lawyers go from here, though. They complained about breaking up too many counties (over communities of interest and competitiveness); now they’re complaining about partisan maps (i.e. competitiveness) and their only other argument will be that this breaks up communities of interest. The Supreme Court is going to get testy with them if they come back with the exact opposite arguments they presented the first time out.
as much as whether the GOP wins yet another propaganda battle. Dems always underestimate how good they are at big lies, even after experiences such as John Kerry’s heroic war record being made a liability.
Some of these statements cross the line IMHO between The Big Lie and just plain whining at a process that didn’t work out for them.
It’s coming out that Democrats got one deadline, and Republicans got another. It appears that Mario and the Democrats never intended to consider Republican proposals, and held on to this map until the last possible moment to not reveal what they were doing until it was too late.
Classic Chicago politics. There are more revelations coming from what I hear.
then it’s time to take your meds.
Did it just get eaten by 29 and disappear? Redistricting Commission Chair David Balmer (R) was the HD39 Rep for three terms and is now running for SD27. Or is he?
You can see it on the maps, most clearly in the City and County of Denver map. Balmer should still be good as the (R) candidate there.
and I am the SD27 Dem Chair. 🙁
Still, I’ve got to run someone against him.
Look at the numbers from last year’s US Senate Race. Bennett only lost it 50-45 and that was in a great Republican year. I wouldn’t give up on this seat. You’d be amazed how D’s keep winning that type of seat in Jeffco.
Sorry – was looking at the registration numbers rather than the voting history.
Thanks for making it look not so bleak, Craig. Balmer has a boatload of money — why I do not know. I keep hearing how some of his fellow Rs don’t care much for him.
n/t
didn’t see the scroller. Thx.
link in the diary.
The main reapportionment commission site’s resubmitted maps page also links to shape files which may or may not be of any use to you whatsoever. (I can’t seem to download the Google Earth files, but perhaps it’s just because I don’t have it installed…)
But then again, in my part of the world, everything is a mess due to Aurora’s flagpole annexing (thank you, Tauer Dynasty). I live in unincorporated Arapahoe County. Across the street to my north is Centennial. To the northeast, Aurora. To the south and west, Centennial. East a few miles, out in the middle of rattle-snake country and miles from old Aurora, Aurora again. Even kids who go to the same elementary school can claim three different city addresses around here.
Sucks big time. Why should the State Senate map be any different? I won’t know if I am in my own Senate district until I see a block-by-block map. 🙁
I’ll forfeit my right to whine anymore. Other than my neighborhood, it looks like a good map.
Annexing like this simply isn’t an issue in the states I lived in out East. Everything is controlled by the county; if someone wants to incorporate a city, they go through the county to work out the arrangements. There is no “no-one else controls it, so I can…”
The latest from the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/brea…
“ironically factual”?
(which the local paper goes along with)
Everyone got the same scheduling e-mail. When Morgan Carroll asked a clarifying question, she got an answer. When Rob Witwer asked a similar (but different) question, he also received a reply with different (but not actually conflicting) information. In fact, Republicans submitted amended plans on Sunday evening, too.
Republican member Mario Nicolais comes right out and says that there was no conspiracy, that the staff have acted in a non-partisan manner, but that there may have been mis-communication (which, BTW, involves both the listener and the speaker).
As an aside – since Republicans did submit maps on Sunday evening, would they have submitted different maps had they known Democrats were submitting theirs? It doesn’t seem like this was a terribly collaborative operation in the first place – Republicans met and made maps, Democrats met and made maps.
I’m still on the 1-800-555-WAAA side of the fence on this one.
would have gone through if it had been Gore instead of Bush that cheated in 2000.
The conspiracy theories would have obsessed him day and night until he would devolve into the kind of psychological wreck that he is today but even faster.
Nothing like spreading a scary conspiracy rumor to get Arapajoke a better paycheck. An American entrepreneur in action.
Just sayin’