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Skill and Chance
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« on: July 27, 2014, 04:54:21 PM »

Yes, those districts look pretty in line with what a DFL gerrymander may look like (thankfully, I don't think the DFL would pull a Maryland with our districts).  Terri Bonoff would indeed likely be their choice for a more DFL-leaning suburban district and would be happy to see Minnetonka in the district that you've drawn.  A more sensible map would bring one or both of those suburban districts around to include Washington County; Minnesotans would likely see a 2-2-3 urban-suburban/exurban-rural divide, without any urban and rural districts adjoining each other, as entirely appropriate.

I think Dems will be quite bitter about being shut out of House control since 2010 and therefore very aggressive where they do have full control in 2021.  I also expect that Peterson will have retired by then.  So if Democrats are drawing the lines, I would expect something much uglier than this, with CD 7 and CD6 being made as R as possible and a 4-5 way split of Minneapolis/St. Paul as needed to make the other 5 districts all 57% Obama or better.
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