Colorado group seeks new congressional maps to counter Trump-backed redistricting push

Driving the news: Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, a new political committee, filed four potential ballot initiatives to get one measure before voters this November.

• Each would authorize new congressional maps for the 2028 and 2030 elections, either by adding language into state law or the state constitution.
• Each would revert redistricting to the state's independent redistricting commission after the 2030 census.

The intrigue: If voters approve the ballot initiative, it is expected to create three more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in Colorado.

• Republicans are poised to gain a dozen or more seats in red states, including Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

Between the lines: To convince voters to support gerrymandering, the campaign will need thousands of contributions. The group did not disclose its benefactors.

What they're saying: The group's spokesperson, Curtis Hubbard, said independent redistricting remains "the ideal," but he called the gerrymandering fight an "unprecedented emergency."