Iowa is done. Latham and King are in the new 4th, but Latham is moving to challenge Boswell in the 3rd. Braley and Loebsack are in the new 1st, but Loebsack is moving to the empty 2nd.
UT - there’s probably no way to make a mistake here. It’s been impossible to unseat Matheson so maybe the best thing to do is to put him in a Salt Lake City district. Then Bishop in the northern exurbs, and Chaffetz in the southern exurbs. The new district could be the majority of the outstate, but even that one would have to borrow some from at least one of the 4 most populous counties.
VA - a hispanic district could be drawn in Northern Virginia. Either way I’d look for 2 Dem districts there.
There’s split control here so compromises have to be made.
9th (Southwest) has to expand by 71K+. Griffith won narrowly. The only places to expand to are the 6th (Shenandoah) and 5th (South Central). 6th was unopposed, 5th also won narrowly.
8th (Arlington-Alexandria) actually has to gain 26K+, and then the adjoining 11th has to drop 65K and the adjoining 10th has to drop 142K. Prince William in the 11th went Republican so that’s where the drop will be.
2nd (Delmarva peninsula - Va Beach) has to add 81K. It borders the 3rd and the 4th. Maybe it legally borders the 1st with Chesapeake Bay. Also it takes in a bit of Hampton so it could build on the western shore that way.
Utah: Split Salt Lake City into 4 rather than 2. Matheson loses.