Outside Money Fuels Push To Redraw Colorado Congressional Districts For Democrats

By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun

A nonprofit tied to Democratic leadership in the U.S. House is financing a redistricting effort in Colorado that would make the party favored to win seven of the state’s eight congressional seats, up from the four it controls now.

House Majority Forward gave $150,000 on Feb. 25 to Coloradans For a Level Playing Field, the issue committee working to put a measure on the November ballot redrawing the state’s congressional districts. 

The nonprofit, which doesn’t disclose its donors, is aligned with the House Majority PAC, a federal super PAC controlled by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat. 

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. The group also received $90,000 from the Fairness Project, another liberal political nonprofit that doesn’t disclose its donors.

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