Minnesota May Lose a Congressional District

My opinion, keep the 8th pretty close to what it is, put St Cloud back into the 7th to make it more Democrat, leave the 1st alone as much as possible, keep Minneapolis and St. Paul in two seperate districts because I like having two sure DFL districts. And then combine the 3rd, 2nd, and 6th as much as possible. Especially the 2nd and 6th, they have very similar interests, have similar constituents and similar extreme conservatives holding the seat. I'd pray Kline would get the GOP nomination if it came to him and Bachmann.

Although, I'd throw Washington county in the 4th, it's nearly a blue county and if we have to add more population to the 4th, throw that county in there. Oh man, Bachmann vs McCollum, wouldn't that just be beautiful!

However, combining a lot of the 2nd and 6th would make one ridiculous gerrymandered district and they'd have to tamper with the 3rd somewhat and I think the 3rd is very well represented and the constituents are all very similar.

The 2nd and 6th would be extremely conservative and Republican, it would it a very boring district for us DFL'ers but maybe adding St Cloud to the 7th will make the district a bit more competitive when Peterson retires. When he does, that seat is almost as good as gone (It's the most Republican district in MN).

Guess we have some time to attract people to MN and ensure we don't lose a CD. Plus, the other states we are competiting with to not lose a district are in the South, definitely give them less representation and less electoral votes!