Back in 2008, when I made my own run for Congress, I ran in Congressional District 5, because that is where I live, in Colorado Springs. The district was a different shape back then, as it was redrawn after 2020 (as happens after every census) to include basically only El Paso County, whereas before the district included Fremont, Teller, Park and Lake counties as well. Given the stunning beauty of the district, I greatly enjoyed the times I was able to travel to the “outer counties” in my campaign, but I did focus most of my time where most of the votes were, which of course is El Paso County.