Strange, no matter how much I looked, I didn't find this mentioned.

[acmavm]

By LINDA GREENHOUSE

Published: June 8, 2004



Colorado Republicans Lose Redistricting Effort

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/politics/08colorado.html?th

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WASHINGTON, June 7 - The battle over a new Congressional map for Colorado, one of the country's most closely watched redistricting cases, ended Monday in a Democratic victory at the Supreme Court. Falling one vote short, the justices refused to hear the Colorado Republicans' appeal of a state high court ruling that invalidated an unusual second redistricting plan the Republicans had pushed through the legislature in the closing days of its 2003 session.

Mid-decade redistricting is part of a national Republican strategy to leverage newly achieved control in a state legislature by redrawing the Congressional map in a way that favors Republicans. A case from Texas is on appeal to the Supreme Court but will probably not be acted on before the current term ends this month.

In invalidating Colorado's new redistricting plan last December, the Colorado Supreme Court said it was relying completely on the state Constitution to conclude that Congressional redistricting could be conducted only once a decade. That decision meant that the district lines reverted to those drawn by a state court in early 2002, after the legislature failed to agree on how to draw new lines following the 2000 census, which gave Colorado a new Seventh District. Under that plan, Colorado Democrats say they have a good chance to pick up two seats.

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If this is a dupe, I apologize. But really, I couldn't find it anywhere.

P.S. What's wrong with the forum page? Can't see the threads, is this the same for everyone. I read the thingy that tells what features are shut down, but I can't decide if one of them is the one where you can see threads.

[Eric J in MN]

1. It's good that Colorado didn't go that way, but Texas will

It's good that Colorado didn't go that way, but Texas will have six more Republican seats due to Tom Delay-orchestrated gerrymandering.

[amber dog democrat]

3. Even so,

There is such a thing as pay back.
I know that in Austin, there is a resistance to republican candidates in my precint.
Delay has generated a huge ammount of anger and resentment.
My new representative is a joke and I am not getting over it.

[efhmc]

2. Keep fighting the good fight and consider yourself lucky. We sure

are not. A very sad Texan.