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Group tied to Democratic leadership in US House is funding attempt to redraw Colorado’s congressional map

Coloradosun · · 676 words · By Jesse Paul
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“House Majority Forward gave $150,000 on Feb. 25 to Coloradans For a Level Playing Field”
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Multiple web search results from 'The Colorado Sun' and other news sources confirm that House Majority Forward gave $150,000 on Feb. 25 to Coloradans For a Level Playing Field.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Schutz Polis ( POH-liss; né Schutz; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Colorado. From 2009 to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Faith Winter (May 7, 1980 – November 26, 2025) was an American politician from the state of Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented District 25 in the Colorado State Senate, repres…
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“The nonprofit [House Majority Forward]... is aligned with the House Majority PAC, a federal super PAC controlled by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries”
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InfluenceWatch describes House Majority Forward as the issue advocacy arm of House Majority PAC, and other sources confirm Hakeem Jeffries controls the House Majority PAC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the 435 representatives of the United States House of Representatives, as well as 6 non-voting delegat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The silent majority is an unspecified large group of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly. The term was popularized by U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised ad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority, the latter sometimes expressed as a "50…
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“The $150,000 infusion made up the bulk of Coloradans For a Level Playing Field’s $250,000 in fundraising from Jan. 1 through April 29.”
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The Colorado Sun and other web results explicitly state that the $150,000 infusion made up the bulk of the group's $250,000 fundraising from Jan 1 through April 29.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. O…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah Michele Sharts (born August 1, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for USL Super League club Lexington SC. She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is…
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“The group also received $90,000 from the Fairness Project”
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While 'Our Campaigns' mentions the Fairness Project's involvement with Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, the specific amount of $90,000 is not independently corroborated by a second distinct news organization in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. O…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Field
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah Michele Sharts (born August 1, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for USL Super League club Lexington SC. She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is…
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“The group filed its first campaign finance report with the state Monday.”
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The provided web search results for this claim discuss the definition of 'Coloradans' and general history, but do not contain information regarding the specific date of the group's campaign finance filing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. O…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah Michele Sharts (born August 1, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for USL Super League club Lexington SC. She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is…
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“The Coloradans for a Level Playing Field proposal... would ask voters to adopt a new congressional map in Colorado for the 2028 and 2030 elections before letting the state’s independent congressional redistricting commission draw a new map for the 2032 election”
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Multiple sources, including 'Colorado can fight back' and 'AOL', describe the proposal to implement temporary maps for 2028/2030 and return to the commission for 2032.
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web search NEUTRAL — Approve temporary Maps. Preserving Colorado’s commitment to independent redistricting and maintain the independent redistricting commission’s authority to draw Congressional districts after the 2030 e…
https://co4lpf.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — A map of new Colorado congressional districts proposed by Coloradans for a Level Playing Field. (Handout). Democrats would give up some of their security in the 1st, 2nd and 7th congressional district…
https://coloradosun.com/2026/02/18/colorado-redistricting-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, a group that formed earlier this month, is hoping voters will approve a measure to temporarily bypass the state's independent redistricting commission as a respon…
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“Colorado’s current congressional map was drawn by the commission in 2021.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commissioners.The Colorado Supreme Court must order that the approved congressional map be filed with the Secretary of State by December 15, 2021.
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado redistricting commissioners mull big changes to latest draft of congressional map. People on the Western Slope aren’t happy about being grouped with Boulder, and Fort Collins residents say th…
https://coloradosun.com/2021/09/09/colorado-redistricting-ch…
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado Supreme Court Approves New Congressional Map Drawn by Redistricting Commission, The Colorado Sun (11/1/21). Colorado’s Redistricting Commission Picked New Maps for the State House and Senate.…
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“Voters handed congressional and state legislative redistricting power to the commission in 2018 by passing a pair of ballot measures amending the state constitution.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 6, 2018 · Take a look back at the eventful year of 2018 with a review of the most important events in politics, culture, science and the environment.
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“the 3rd, 5th and 8th congressional districts, seats that are currently held by Republican U.S. Reps. Jeff Hurd of Grand Junction, Jeff Crank of Colorado Springs and Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton, respectively.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the current representatives of the 3rd, 5th, and 8th districts.
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“The 8th District... would be shifted south and west into Denver and western Adams County... Fort Collins... would also be in the new district.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific geographic shifts of the proposed 8th District map.
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“The 5th District... would shift to the western half of El Paso County and north into Douglas County, as well as the southern... parts of Jefferson, Denver and Arapahoe counties.”
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“The 3rd District... would be moved south and east into more of Eagle County, as well as Summit, Clear Creek, Gilpin and... northwestern Jefferson County.”
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“the 1st, 2nd and 7th congressional districts... represented by Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen”
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“the 4th Congressional District, which is held by Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Windsor.”
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“Because Colorado’s redistricting process is laid out in the state constitution, only a constitutional amendment can change it.”
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“To get their proposal on the ballot, the group will have to gather 125,000 voter signatures, including from at least 2% of the voters in each of Colorado’s 35 state Senate districts.”
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“Conservatives are aiming to place a measure on the November ballot that would block the Coloradans For a Level Playing Field proposal. That effort is being led by Advance Colorado”
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