Denver Post (9/3/21) on Commission's Newly Released Draft of U.S. House Districts (COLORADO)

Colorado's newly created independent redistricting commission has released its first draft of a U.S. House map based on actual Census data. Currently, Colorado has seven seats, with Democrats holding a 4-3 majority. The state will gain one seat and the new map is said to keep "the four Democratic seats relatively safe, as well as [preserve] three as solidly Republican [and] add a new swing seat." Two key developments are that first-term staunch conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) would have parts of her current district folded into the heavily Democratic Boulder-based district held by Rep. Joe Neguse (D) and that the western half of the state (the Western Slope) would be divided into a northern and southern half.