Colorado Ballot Push Aims To Redraw Maps And Diminish GOP Representation

By Caitlyn Kim | CPR News

The group Coloradans for a Level Playing Field wants to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot that would allow the state to draw new Congressional maps for 2028 and 2030.

If voters approve, the state would join the redistricting tit-for-tat going on across the country after President Donald Trump urged Texas to redraw its congressional map to help Republicans retain control of the House in 2026. Several other Red and Blue states have followed or plan on following suit, such as Missouri, North Carolina, California and Virginia.

“No one wanted to have to take this action,” said Curtis Hubbard, spokesperson for Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, adding independent commissions that make such decisions are ideal. “But with Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican allies actively working to rig congressional elections, which could result in them gaining up to 27 seats, Colorado has to join other states in countering the power grab.”

The group has submitted three different proposals for ballot measure language, but each one boils down to moving the independent commission from its inclusion in the state constitution to state statute instead — or suspending the commission temporarily — so that there can be a new map drawn for the 2028 and 2030 congressional races. Under the proposal, the drawing of congressional districts would revert back to the independent commission after the 2030 census.

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