No way MN-2 would be worse than MN-6. MN-2 has the area around Cottage Grove (where Rep. Krisel is from), Northfield, and the areas not too far south of St. Paul which aren't very socially conservative at all. MN-6 doesn't really have anything besides the liberal part of St. Cloud and perhaps Stillwater.
MN-3 also has some pretty far right areas, order will probably be more like this: 5, 4, 8, 3, 1, 2, 6, 7. 7 falls last as it has a lot of socially conservative Democrats, not many in 6 which is just very polarized.
I'm not sure MN-08 will be ahead of MN-03. Yes, MN-03 does have some very Republican/conservative areas, but they're sparsely populated compared to the Eden Prairie/Edina/Plymouth axis, which are going to be batting much more pro-gay than their partisan alignment would suggest (given how rich, and, more importantly, ridiculously well-educated they are). I know you love Duluth Democrats, and I know a lot of the "miners are socially conservative!" stuff is BS, but it is the case that MN-08 is probably one of the least well-educated CDs in Minnesota, which isn't going to be great for how relatively pro-gay that district is going to be.
