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Phil Weiser: “Brittany Petterson was elected in what people thought was a…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Full interview: Attorney General Phil Weiser on redrawing Congressional maps in Colorado

Published | Video Starts at 16:06

You remember this. Jason Crow was elected in 2018 in what looked and felt like a swing district. He's now winning by 20 points because that district has become more blue. Brittany Petterson was elected in what people thought was a swing district that's become more blue. So there's obviously an opportunity to redistrict and to create more competitive districts and, and to have less people, either blue or R, in these way safe districts. (16:06–16:12)

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Asserts that Brittany Petterson's district has become more Democratic since her election.

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