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New COVID-19 restrictions willmap prohibit indoorHouse dining, members personal gatherings Latest congressional keeps apart Redistricting changes still possible; deadline Sept. 28 BY SANDRA FISH AND THY VO THE COLORADO SUN
The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map avoids putting the state’s current U.S. House members into the same district, while creating a sweeping district across most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado. The most heavily populated parts of north Douglas County would stay where they are in the 4th Congressional District. And the biggest cities in Arapahoe County — including Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Sheridan — would be in the 6th District, along with the Columbine and Ken Caryl areas of Jefferson County. The new 8th Congressional District in the north Denver metro region would be nearly 39% Hispanic. It would encompass Northglenn, Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City and Fort Lupton. And the proposed 7th District, now centered in the north and Proposed redistricting map issued Sept. 15 shows which congressional districts would west metro area, would include include parts of Jefferson, Adams, Weld and Denver counties. much of Jefferson County and MAP BY COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION stretch to South Park in the cenprevious drafts. tral Rocky Mountains. Congressional District. And the Commissioners voted earlier in new districts would no longer The new map, released Sept. September to base the latest map pit Garfield County Republican 15, groups most of the Western on one drawn by Commissioner U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert against Slope and southern Colorado into Martha Coleman, a Democrat Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse a single, L-shaped 3rd Congresfrom Fort By Collins who is a geograof Lafayette. sional District. Northwest highEllis Arnold pher. The map is the second country counties A long line of cars including outside theRoutt, city of Brighton’s rapid testing siteto at be Colorado Community The latest map wouldMedia create drawn by nonpartisan staff based Jackson, Eagle, Summit and Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent three safe Democratic districts, on 2020 census data, and incorpoGrand are grouped with Larimer weeks due tointo highademand. 14-dayfrom test positivity As Denver metro counties continue to three safe Republican districts rates input the publicrate about and Boulder proposedAdams 2nd County’s
was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than Newand location 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and personal gatherings.
inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in effect since September, is the set of different levels of restrictions that each
and competitive 7th and 8th Congressional Districts, according to a report by nonpartisan legislative staff. In three districts, the Hispanic population would make up more than a quarter of the total district. The latest map is markedly different from two previous proposals. Here’s a look at how the districts shape up: The 1st District centered in Denver remains safe for Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, with a 57% Democratic advantage The 2nd District still includes Boulder and Fort Collins, but stretches west to Routt County and includes Summit and most of Eagle County. It also includes Neguse’s home in Lafayette, and would give Democrats a nearly 34% advantage. The 3rd District stretches from Moffat County in the northwest, south through Mesa and Pitkin counties to Cortez and La Plata counties, then east to Pueblo and Las Animas County. Unlike a map released earlier this month, Boebert’s Silt home remains in the 3rd District, and she’d have a nearly 10% GOP advantage. The 4th District still includes much of the Eastern Plains, as well as Windsor and much of Douglas County. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Windsor would have a nearly 27% advantage. The 5th District includes most of El Paso County, except for some eastern areas that end up in the 4th District. It would remain safe county is required to follow based on the for incumbent U.S.local Rep. Doug Lamseverity of a county’s virus spread. born with a 20% GOP advantage.
The dial grew out of the state’s safer-athome order — the SEEpolicy MAP, P8 that came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. The state recently switched to color Scan to apply or visit identifiers — levels blue, yellow and amazon.com/startnow orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-
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