It’s too bad Beauprez and a GOP legislature couldn’t redistrict both the federal & state lines for 2016. Make the 1st and 2nd hyper-Dem and leave the other 5 seats winnable for the GOP.
Gov. Bill Owens and the GOP legislature tried that in 2003, but the state courts struck them down. Sadly, I think the courts might do it again if a mid-decade redistricting was attempted.
When the GOP tried to refedistrict in 2003 (a judge had drawn maps for 2002 when the split legislature deadlocked), the CO Supreme Court ruled that CO lines could only be redrawn once per decade.
Could you draw a 5-2 in CO or would a 4-3 be safer?