In a huge win for Republicans in the ongoing, nationwide battle over redistricting, the Colorado Supreme Court just rejected a Democrat-led effort to redraw its congressional map.
This new, proposed map would have likely added three more Democrat seats.
The decision to strike it down was unanimous.
Check it out:
🚨 The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously blocked three ballot initiatives aimed at redrawing the state's congressional map, holding the proposals violated Colorado's constitutional single-subject requirement. pic.twitter.com/7JHiMXrxFj
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) June 29, 2026
🚨 WOW! In a HUGE loss to the left, the Colorado Supreme Court has STRUCK DOWN a Democrat plan to redraw the state’s Congressional map by adding +3 blue seats
The delegation will REMAIN 4R-4D 👏🏻
Good! Another redistricting win 🔥
Hakeem Jeffries is livid. pic.twitter.com/GPZCTul0jx
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 29, 2026
In the unanimous ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court determined that all of the proposed redistricting ballot measures were unconstitutional.
The Hill has more details on the reasoning behind the decision:
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday tossed out two cases involving new redistricting ballot measures that would have favored Democrats.
One ruling said the redistricting measure violated the state constitution’s “single subject” requirement that calls for measures proposed by petition to focus on one issue for inclusion on the ballot.
The Democratic aligned group, Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, were seeking ballot initiatives that approved mid-decade redistricting and new congressional district maps for the 2028 and 2030 election cycles.
The group argued that without approval for redistricting, the second measure could not stand, but the court rejected their reasoning.
“We conclude that these are distinct and separate subjects,” Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez wrote in one opinion.
“Temporarily allowing mid-decade redistricting is not merely the means to implement or effectuate the Initiatives’ central purpose of adopting a specific new congressional district map for the 2028 and 2030 election cycles,” she added.
ADVERTISEMENTColoradans for a Level Playing Field originally submitted four different versions of a ballot initiative for voters to consider in November.
Up until now, Democrats like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries believed that Colorado would be one of their best shots at picking up more seats ahead of midterms.
But, unfortunately for them, today’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling just dashed those hopes! Too bad, not sad!
Politico commented further:
Democrats had been bullish that Colorado would be one of their best chances to pick up seats through redistricting in 2028, and it was one of the states outlined by both Democrats’ top redistricting group and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries following other redistricting losses this year.
President Donald Trump and Republicans have pushed for redraws in as many states as possible, a ploy that has net the GOP as many as 10 House seats in this year’s midterms — and forced Democrats to scramble in response.
Democratic-aligned groups had already poured more than $2 million into the Colorado ballot measures, mostly on signature gathering efforts so they could appear on November’s ballot.
Republicans immediately hailed the rulings.
ADVERTISEMENT“Complete and total victory in Colorado!” Adam Kincaid, president of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, said on X.
Curtis Hubbard, spokesperson for Coloradans for a Level Playing Field — a Democratic-aligned group behind one of the measures — called the ruling “disappointing.”
“While Trump and his MAGA allies regularly sidestep the law and ignore voters, efforts to respond have once again been dealt a legal setback over a technicality,” he said in a statement.
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