Barletta won a district drawn for a Democrat, and all of the neighboring and close-by districts need shoring up. I think that the PA-11 should be made *more* Democrat, with Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and its Dem surroundings being combined with Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton through Dem parts of Monroe County. Columbia County, most of Carbon County and Barletta’s home base around Hazleton would be excised from the PA-11 and combined with part of Holden’s CD (and maybe some GOP counties further west) for a district that should favor Barletta, if only because of its GOP advantage.
Where does Charlie Dent’s district (the 15th) fit in with your ideas for making PA-11 more Dem and PA-17 more GOP?
Dent has been able to win and easily hold PA-15 which is a slight Dem leaning district, although not as Dem as PA-11.