Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions The final state Senate districts map, approved on Oct. 12, 2021. Groups representing Colorado Republicans filed briefs in support of the final maps.

The new Colorado state Senate map as approved Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, by an independent citizen panel. The map now needs a final approval from the Colorado Supreme Court.

The way that Colorado’s seven congressional districts are laid out are a pretty fair representation of how the state’s voters are aligned, according to a tool built by FiveThirtyEight.

Colorado’s supreme court justices have agreed unanimously to let stand the map approved by the state’s new Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission. “This year has marked a ...