%1 http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/ en Colorado Congressional Districts http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-congressional-districts <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Colorado Congressional Districts</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2020-06-09T14:59:51-06:00" title="Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - 14:59" class="datetime">Tue, 06/09/2020 - 14:59</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-congressional-districts" data-a2a-title="Colorado Congressional Districts"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fcolorado-congressional-districts&amp;title=Colorado%20Congressional%20Districts"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>Colorado is divided into seven Congressional districts according to population, with each district represented by an elected member of the United States House of Representatives. Colorado representatives serve two-year terms, as required by the US Constitution. There are no term limits for members of Congress. Colorado’s longest-serving representative is currently Democrat <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/diana-degette"><strong>Diana DeGette</strong></a>, who has served since 1997.</p> <h2>Descriptions</h2> <p>Colorado’s First Congressional District encompasses the city of <a href="/article/denver"><strong>Denver</strong></a>. The Second District covers northern Colorado, including <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/fort-collins"><strong>Fort Collins</strong></a>, <a href="/article/grand-county"><strong>Grand County</strong></a>, <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/boulder"><strong>Boulder</strong></a>, and <a href="/article/summit-county"><strong>Summit County</strong></a>. The Third District encompasses all of <a href="/article/western-slope"><strong>western Colorado</strong></a>, the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/san-luis-valley"><strong>San Luis Valley</strong></a>, and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/pueblo-county"><strong>Pueblo County</strong></a>. The Fourth District includes all of the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado’s-great-plains"><strong>Great Plains</strong></a> and southeast Colorado. The Fifth District includes <a href="/article/colorado-springs"><strong>Colorado Springs</strong></a>, <a href="/article/park-county"><strong>South Park</strong></a>, and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/cripple-creek"><strong>Cripple Creek</strong></a>. The Sixth and Seventh Districts cover the rest of the Denver Metro area, including <strong>Aurora</strong> and <strong>Littleton</strong> (Sixth), and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/golden"><strong>Golden</strong></a>, <strong>Arvada</strong>, and <strong>Westminster</strong> (Seventh).</p> <h2>Representatives</h2> <p>First District—Diana DeGette (D), elected 1996</p> <p>Second District—<a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/joe-neguse"><strong>Joe Neguse</strong></a> (D), elected 2018</p> <p>Third District—<strong>Scott Tipton</strong> (R), elected 2010</p> <p>Fourth District—<a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/ken-buck"><strong>Ken Buck</strong></a> (R), elected 2014</p> <p>Fifth District—<strong>Doug Lamborn</strong> (R), elected 2006</p> <p>Sixth District—<strong>Jason Crow</strong> (D), elected 2018</p> <p>Seventh District—<strong>Ed Perlmutter</strong> (D), elected 2006</p> <h2>History</h2> <p>From its founding in 1861 until statehood in 1876, the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-territory"><strong>Colorado Territory</strong></a> was represented in Washington, DC, by one delegate, elected by popular vote. After statehood, the delegate became a representative, and the number of representatives depended on state population, as laid out in the US Constitution. From 1913 to 1915, the state had two representatives. Since then Colorado has added more districts as its population has grown, reaching its current total of seven in 2012.</p> <h2>Notable Representatives</h2> <p>Colorado’s first territorial delegate was <strong>Hiram P. Bennet</strong>, Republican, who served from 1861 to 1865. The first US representative for the state of Colorado was <strong>James B. Belford</strong>, Republican, who served from 1876 to 1877 and again from 1879 to 1885.</p> <p>In the twentieth century, a pair of Democratic representatives helped protect Colorado’s public lands and water resources. <strong>Edward T. Taylor</strong>, who served from 1909 to 1941, authored the <strong>Taylor Grazing Act of 1934</strong>, which regulated grazing on federal land. Taylor’s successor, <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/wayne-aspinall"><strong>Wayne Aspinall</strong></a>, represented Colorado’s Fourth District from 1949 to 1973 and is known for his <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/irrigation-colorado"><strong>irrigation</strong></a> projects and defense of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/water-law"><strong>water</strong> <strong>rights</strong></a> on the <a href="/article/western-slope"><strong>Western Slope</strong></a>. Aspinall championed the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-river"><strong>Colorado River</strong></a> Storage Project of 1956.</p> <p><a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/patricia-pat-schroeder"><strong>Patricia Schroeder</strong></a> became the first congresswoman in Colorado history when she was elected as a Democrat to represent the state’s First District in 1973. Her successor, Diana DeGette, has continued Schroeder’s advocacy for women’s and reproductive rights, among other progressive causes. Meanwhile, <a href="/article/greeley"><strong>Greeley</strong></a> native <strong>Marilyn Musgrave</strong> was the first Republican woman elected to Congress in Colorado, representing the state’s Fourth District from 2003 to 2009. Musgrave staunchly opposed abortion, gun control, and unions and was consistently recognized as one of the most conservative members of Congress.</p> <p>Elected to represent Colorado’s Third District in 1986, <strong>Ben Nighthorse Campbell </strong>was the first member of the <strong>Cheyenne</strong> Tribe to serve in Congress. Campbell began his political career as a House Democrat but switched to the Republican Party after he was elected to the Senate in the early 1990s.</p> <p>Current governor <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/jared-polis"><strong>Jared Polis</strong></a>, Democrat, represented Colorado’s Second District from 2009 to 2019. His successor in the Second District, <strong>Joe Neguse</strong>, Democrat, became Colorado’s first African American elected to the House of Representatives.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia Staff</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/congress" hreflang="en">congress</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-representatives" hreflang="en">colorado representatives</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/democrats" hreflang="en">democrats</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/republicans" hreflang="en">republicans</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-politics" hreflang="en">colorado politics</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/congressional-districts" hreflang="en">congressional districts</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/house-representatives" hreflang="en">house of representatives</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-congresspeople" hreflang="en">colorado congresspeople</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/diana-degette" hreflang="en">diana degette</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/pat-schroeder" hreflang="en">Pat Schroeder</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/bob-beauprez" hreflang="en">bob beauprez</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/edward-t-taylor-0" hreflang="en">edward t taylor</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Carl Abbott, Stephen Leonard, and David McComb, <em>Colorado: A History of the Centennial State </em>3rd ed. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 1994).</p> <p>Colorado State Board of Education, “<a href="https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/congressional_district_map">Colorado Congressional District Information</a>,” n.d.</p> <p>Govtrack, “<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CO#representatives">Colorado Representatives</a>,” n.d.</p> <p>Haley Gray, “<a href="https://www.5280.com/meet-joe-neguse-colorados-first-african-american-congressman/">Meet Joe Neguse, Colorado’s First African-American Congressman</a>,” <em>5280 Magazine</em>, January 16, 2019.</p> <p>US House of Representatives, “<a href="https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/22724">Taylor, Edward Thomas</a>,” n.d.</p> <p>US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, “<a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/rangelands-and-grazing/livestock-grazing/about">About Livestock Grazing on Public Lands</a>,” n.d.</p> <p>Herman J. Viola, <em>Ben Nighthorse Campbell: An American Warrior </em>(Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 2002).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Eugene Berwanger, <em>The Rise of the Centennial State: Colorado Territory, 1861–76 </em>(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007).</p> <p>Thomas E. Cronin and Robert D. Loevy, <em>Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State </em>(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012).</p> <p>Thomas J. Noel and Carol Zuber-Mallison, <em>Colorado: A Historical Atlas </em>(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:59:51 +0000 yongli 3276 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org