December 29, 2011 10:28 PM UTC

Colorado To Add a New Congressional Seat?

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• by: Colorado Pols

According to Real Clear Politics, Colorado appears to be one of just 6 states poised to gain a congressional seat in 2020:

For those of us who follow congressional races closely, the Census Bureau granted us an early Christmas present when it released 2011 estimates for population in each state. Using these numbers, we can extrapolate changes in population from the 2010 numbers, and estimate what the population of each state would look like in 2020 if the trends hold true. This then enables us to determine what the next congressional apportionment could look like…

…Seat number 435 is projected to go to Oregon in 2020, meaning that if, instead, its growth slows down just a bit, it would not see any change in seats. Seats number 434 through 428 are, respectively: California’s 54th district, Texas’s 39th, Florida’s 28th, Alabama’s 7th, Colorado’s 8th, California’s 53rd, and North Carolina’s 14th.

(h/t to Phoenix Rising)