rather than maybe researching the playing field and thinking more broadly and outside of the box?
Many of the seats that Democrats lost in 2022 and 2024 were close races.
Things have changed since 2024 - and particularly in states like mine where we already have "fair maps" but could actually pick up the seats we lost in 2024 and even flip one that was very close in 2024 and has been (R) for many years (PA-10 - at least the area where PA-10 is now since it was renumbered/redrawn in 2018, with the criminal Scott Perry in there now, and where he won by only 5,500 votes) - https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania%27s_10th_Congressional_District_election,_2024
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10
Incumbent Scott Perry defeated Janelle Stelson in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate % Votes
✔ Scott Perry (R) 50.5 205,567
Janelle Stelson (D) 49.3 200,434
Other/Write-in votes 0.2 937
Janelle announced she was running again for that seat.
Remember, their god-emperor is NOT going to be on the ballot in 2026. And since the SCOTUS *has blessed* gerrymandering because "states rights", then you take that and run with it, even if you have to do a ridiculous border that extends down a highway to a blue city to dilute the red area's otherwise minuscule votes.
This is where we are now. Nothing is "permanent" as it can change - whether quickly or many years from now but very little is the same as it was long ago.