Denver November 2004 Election
Bill Johnson laments the partisan bickering that characterizes the Colorado Legislature in his column today in the Rocky Mountain News [January 31, 2004, "Johnson: Partisanship rules roost at state Capitol"]. Note: Johnson is on the side of the Democrats in the redistricting battle. He quotes Sen. Ken Gordon, the Denver Democrat and assistant minority leader, "I thought, 'No way!' They would need all 18 Republican votes in the Senate and, on this, I just didn't think there was any way to get all 18. There were Senate rules that had to be abided, a public input session. There was no way they could do it." He remembers going in those last days to Senate President John Andrews to see if what he was hearing was true. He didn't know, Andrews said, what was coming, but whatever it was they would follow the rules. "That evening, the redistricting bill formally arrived, and they suspended the Senate rules," said Gordon. "I asked John (Andrews), and he said 'well, the rules say we can suspend them.' "
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