BENSON: Two Minnesota Congressman have been paired in the same district under a new political map released today. A special state court panel created new political boundaries to reflect population shifts in the last decade after time ran out for legislators to broker a deal. The maps redraw the state's eight Congressional districts and all 201 legislative seats. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo joins us now from the Capitol. Michael, let's start with the two incumbents who are paired up. KHOO: Lorna, first-term Republican Mark Kennedy has been zoned out of the Second District and placed in 4-term DFLer Bill Luther's Sixth District. If both seek re-election, it could mean a face-off. Kennedy could move a few miles south so he'd be back in his old district, although legally he could run in the 2nd without moving. I spoke with the Republican state party spokesman Bill Walsh. He says doing running in the 2nd would put Kennedy in a strong position. WALSH: Carver and Scott County is really his political base and his political home. And those counties are in that new Second District. So that's a possibility for him. I think you're going to see a quick decision out of of Mark. But right now, it's just a little too early to figure out what everyone's going to do.