What you see here is Detroit, the next locus of the redistricting wars. The new congressional map proposed by the Republican-majority state legislature in Michigan achieves the Republicans’ goals – eliminate one Democrat, and shore up all the Republicans.

In the north, the map shores up Rep. Dan Benishek, R, with more Republican territory on the Lower Peninsula, including Traverse City. It also shores up Rep. Candice Miller on the thumb. In the South, they add increasingly Republican Monroe County to Rep. Tim Walberg, R, and take away increasingly Democratic Calhoun.