2010 Congressional Redistricting- Alabama

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Alabama has 1 Black Majority Democratic District (AL-7)-vacated by Arthur Davis(D) who is running for Governor-  2 Solid Republican leaning districts held by Conservative Democrats. Bobby Bright (D/AL-2) and Parker Griffith (D/AL-5), 1 Competitive Republican leaning District- AL-3 held by Mike Rogers-R. and 2 Solid Republican leaning districts - AL-1(Jo Bonner-R) and AL-4 (Roger Aderholt-R). - The goal is giving Bright(AL-2) and Griffith(AL-5) safer districts- assuming they get re-elected in 2010.
Too give Bright(D/AL-2) a safe district- we remove Autaga and Elmore County from AL-2 and place it in AL-3 (Mike Rogers-R). and give Bright(D/AL-2) all of Montgomery County.
AL-5 is unable to be gerrymandered.

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Arizona has 2 Safe Hispanic Majority Democratic Districts- AZ-4(Pastor-D) and AZ-7(Grijalva-D). 3 Competitive Districts held by Democrats- AZ-1(Kilpatrick-D),AZ-5 (Mitchell-D)and AZ-8(Giffords-D). and 3 Safe Republican Districts- AZ-2(Franks-R),AZ-3 (Shadegg-R),and AZ-6 (Flake-R).  we are also expecting 2 new Districts.
we can make AZ-8 (Giffords-D) a safe Democratic district by taking away Conchise and Pinal county and making a new Republican leaning district. along with AZ-1 base in Gila,Graham,Greenlee,Pinal, and portions of AZ-5 (Maricopa base). - expect a tough GOP primary between- JD Hayworth vs Randy Graf vs Sydney Hayes. - Giffords(AZ-8),Mitchell(AZ-5),and Kirkpatrick(AZ-1) will get safer districts. - 
We create a new Hispanic Democratic majority District in Southwestern part of Arizona.

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The Obama Republican Districts in CA are- CA-3(Lungren-R),CA-24(Galeghy-R)CA-25(McKeon-R),CA-26(Drier-R),CA-44(Calvert-R),CA-45(Bono-R),CA-48(Campbell-R),and CA-50(Bilbrary-R).
CA-3(Lungren-R)- Amador,Alpine,and Calveras County is removed and given to CA-11(McNerney-D). CA-11(McNerney-D) loses portions of San Joquin County to CA-10(Garemendi-D). and CA-3 picks up portions of Solano County from CA-10.
The Republican incumbents in CA-24,CA-25,CA-26,CA-45,and CA-48 are not going anywhere.
CA-44(Calvert-R)- Remove Orange County and give it to CA-48 (Campbell-R). and give Calvert(R/44)-  Gary Miller's R/CA-42 San Bernardino and Los Angeles County base including Miller's home in Diamond Bar. CA-42 will pick up remaining portions of CA-48 (Cambell-R) orange County base.  Miller-R will have to run against Calvert-R in the GOP primary in the new CA-43- which will help the Democrats win.
CA-50 (Bilbary-R)- Trade portions of CA-50- San Diego County base with CA-53(Susan Davis-R) San Diego county base.

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The goal is to protect CO-4(Markey-D) - Trade portions of Jared Polis(D/CO-2) Boulder County base with CO-4 (Markey-D)-Weld County base.

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Florida is expecting two new District- one is going to be a Republican leaning swing District in Orlando/Volusia County area- giving Grayson(FL-8) and Kozmas(FL-24) safer districts. Another district will be a Miami Dade Cuban Majority District.
Georgia is expecting one new District- Republican controlled legislature in Georgia will create a new Republican leaning district from Jim Marshall (GA-8) and John Barrow(GA-12). and create a Black majority district from GA-12.

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Illinios is losing 1 seat- The goal is to protect Bean(IL-8),Foster(IL-14),and Halverson(IL-11)- get rid of Roskam (IL-6) , create a Democratic successor for Biggert(IL-13) and abolish a Southern Republican Illinios District.
IL-8(Bean-D)- Remove McHenry County and give it to IL-16(Manzullo-R). Give IL-8(Bean-D)- portions of IL-14(Foster-D)-Kane County Base. IL-14- picks up Henry,Fulton,and Knox County portions of IL-17(Hare-D)- and Hare-D picks up Western portion of IL-16. Whiteside,Jo Davies,and Carroll.
IL-13(Biggert-R)- gets carved up. Cook County goes to IL-1(Rush-D),Will County goes to IL-11(Halverson-D),and DuPage County goes to IL-3(Lipinski-D). IL-11(Halverson-D) gives portions of her Will and Kankakee County base to IL-2(Jackson-D).  A new Minority Majority Democratic majority district from Northern parts of IL-1,IL-2 and eastern part of IL-3 is created.
IL-6(Roskam-R)- gets carved up.  The new IL-6 includes Southern DuPage County including Roskam's home in Wheaton and Western portions of IL-4(Guitteriez) and IL-7 (Davis) Chicago base. - a strong Hispanic/Black electorate will hurt Roskam's chances in the General election.

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IL-4(Guitteriez-D) picks up the Central portion of IL-7(Davis-D). IL-7(Davis-D) picks up the Eastern portion of IL-5 (Quigley-D) and IL-9(Schakowsky-D). IL-9 (Shakowsky-D) picks up IL-6 Cook County and northern DuPage County base. and IL-5(Quigley-D) picks up IL-6 central DuPage county base.

IL-19(Shimkus-R) and IL-15 (Johnson-R) get combined in the same district.