Will two redistricting ballot measures this year put an end to one of Colorado's longest-running

Will two redistricting ballot measures this year put an end to one of Colorado’s longest-running political feuds?


Almost three years ago, former state lawmaker Rob Witwer invited a few other “legislative has-beens” to meet him for lunch on the 16th Street Mall.

Witwer, ever the optimist, kicked around his ideas for fixing one of the longest-running, most-divisive battles in politics: the fight over political power itself. The downtown lawyer and father of four, who was introduced in his previous job under the dome as a Republican from Evergreen, chatted in a “wouldn’t-it-be-cool?” kind of way at the now-shuttered Katie Mullen’s Irish Pub.

For Witwer, the meeting was part of a career-long quest, a return to an issue he tried and failed to solve while still in the legislature — the clash over redistricting.

The lunch between two Republicans and two Democrats would stick in their minds as a key moment.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2018/09/21/colorado-constitutional-amendments-aim-to-fix-recurring-battle-over-redistricting/