Surprise: Colorado Democratic Party hates latest GOP congressional map

Update: Dems release map that would sacrifice ground in CD4 to make CD3 and CD6 more competitive (see image below).

The battle in Colorado over the shape of next decade’s congressional districts continues. State Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio fired off a response to the latest proposed map released by state Republicans. Democrats want to draw more competitive districts. Republicans want to effectively retain existing districts. Democrats argue that competition will result in greater lawmaker responsiveness and less partisanship. Republicans say they are seeking to avoid disruption and retain communities of interest.

Pace to seek CD3 seat in 2012

State House Minority Leader Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, filed his paperwork today to run for U.S. Congress in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2012. That seat is currently held by Republican Scott Tipton, who ousted Democrat John Salazar last year. Pace worked as district director for Salazar and was first elected to the State Legislature in 2008. He was named Minority Leader this year after the GOP regained control of the State House in 2010.

Salazar couldn’t fend off Tipton — even with ‘no’ votes on climate, energy bills

U.S. Rep. John Salazar, a Blue Dog Democrat in Colorado’s sprawling and largely rural 3rd Congressional District who conceded to Republican Scott Tipton earlier today, may have actually hurt himself by not voting in favor of climate change…

Waak says Salazar still in play in CD3 as vote counting continues

Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak says the 3rd Congressional District race between Republican Scott Tipton and incumbent Democrat John Salazar is still in play due to a large number of uncounted ballots throughout the sprawling district. Most news…

Tipton takes out Salazar in CD3

Both the Denver Post and 9News just after midnight Tuesday called the 3rd Congressional District race for challenger Scott Tipton, a Republican from Cortez, over incumbent John Salazar.

The margin of victory for Tipton was 50 to 46 percent,…

NYT: Tipton, Salazar each claim mantle of independence

A day before the election, The New York Times continues its focus on Colorado, this time looking at the 3rd Congressional District race between incumbent Democrat John Salazar and Republican challenger Scott Tipton.

As the candidates reached out to…

Malkin’s telephone Tea Party clogs Salazar, Markey’s voice mail, email

Apparently one of the favorite Tea Party pastimes is hanging out with a few thousand of your best, most conservative friends and flooding the voice mail and email inboxes of out-of-state moderate Democrats who may be on the fence about…

Rep. Salazar challenger Beeson sees less-than-bountiful fundraising results

Martin Beeson, the Republican Western Slope prosecutor who accused U.S. Rep. John Salazar of “confiscating destiny’s bounty” when he announced in May he was running for Salazar’s 3rd Congressional District seat, needs to do a little more campaign cash confiscating…

GJ Daily Sentinel Endorsement Bibble-babble?

The endorsement in Sunday’s Grand Junction Daily Sentinel is full of fiddle-faddle about House Minority Speaker, Nanci Pelosi and the Democrats. They gimblegabbled her name and the Democratic Party nine times in their attempt to justify their endorsement for…