Reapportionment

Original (Rejected) House and Senate District Maps Submitted

The Reapportionment Commission has voted on maps and sent them to the Colorado Supreme Court for a constitutionality review. If approved, the court has until December 15th to file them with the Secretary of State. However, the commission submitted the maps ahead of schedule so it will likely be a November filing if approved.

HOUSE MAP (Jeffco on page 13)

SENATE MAP (Jeffco on page 9)

After much ado and rounds of public hearings to discuss the preliminary maps, in the end Chairman Carrera (the only U in the group and a huge proponent of "competitive" districts and pronounced hispanic representation) simply drew his own new, undebated House District map and presented it for a vote. The only two dissenting votes were from Jefferson County Republicans Mario Nicolais and Rob Witwer. We thank both of them for standing up to the rest of the commission and fighting for fair maps throughout the process. They represented justice for Jeffco and the entire state of Colorado.

As it stands, Jeffco will not receive the 7 house seats the population guidelines call for. Instead we will have 5 seats and share two districts with other counties. House District 38 (Littleton) will be dominated by Arapahoe county and we will share House District 26 with Clear Creek, Gilpin and Park counties. HD 38 is solidly Republican while the Ds and Us dominate in HD 26. Here's a breakdown:

As to the Senate Map, Jeffco residents fought hard and won the battle to have 3 full districts! Thank you to everyone who participated in the public hearings and took the time to make a difference. SD 19 is extremely competitive (number of registered voters is split almost equally among Rs, Ds, and Us) but at least the district is winnable and will be represented by a resident of Jeffco.

We will dominate Senate District 16 with this breakdown:

Jefferson County 112,743
Boulder County 13,305
Clear Creek County 9,088
Gilpin County 5,441

This district is also competitive with a slight R advantage and is definitely winnable.