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Correction to “Conservatives voting for Obama…”
July 28, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
Never trust your memory, even if you lived through the event. The Seventh Congressional District in Colorado was not gerrymandered by the State Legislature, it was gerrymandered by a liberal judge in 2002, after the Legislature could not agree on the boundaries of the newly formed district. The Republicans in the State Legislature tried to redraw the boundaries, but a liberal judge ordered that the District continue as drawn by judicial fiat before the 2002 election. The post has been corrected. Apologies, if you printed the earlier version.
I walked precincts and dropped literature for Republican Bob Beauprez in 2002. We were amazed when he actually won the district by 121votes. Sometimes, you can win, even if the deck is stacked.
Def Mech