This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. Colorado’s 8th congressional district was designed from the start to swing. Drawn up in 2021 by the state’s newly formed Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission in the wake of the 2020 census, the district has lived up to its early aspirations. In 2022, voters chose Democrat Yadira Caraveo, a former state lawmaker, as the district’s first Congressperson.