Republicans can win redistricting fights in blue states. Colorado shows how

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This week’s unanimous Colorado Supreme Court ruling rejecting Democratic efforts to ram through a congressional gerrymandering initiative is more than a procedural victory. It is proof that conservatives can win even in blue states when we show courage and fight with smart, aggressive strategy.

Initiatives 241 and 242 — designed to sideline our independent redistricting commission and deliver Democrats a rigged 7-1 map — were blocked by the Colorado Supreme Court. The court refused to let proponents achieve indirectly what the Constitution forbids directly.

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