This map, if all seats were open, would be a 6 D 4 R 2 T map.
It combines Garrett and Rothman, which is what's coming out of the rumor mill.
This is the statewide view. As you can see, it's cleaner than the 2001 map, but still pretty gerrymandered.
The three worst gerrymandered districts are the VRA Black one, the Hispanic plurality one, and Pallone's (to take in his home base).
On to the map.
1st: Rob Andrews (D)
Andrews is a corrupt machine pol, so I figured he probably doesn't want any new constituents. I did add the last slice of Camden County (which is pretty blue) and made the district slightly cleaner, but it's very very similar. D+11.
2nd: Frank LoBiondo (R)
LoBiondo is, similar to Chris Smith, Peter DeFazio, and Jerry Costello (pre-retirement) a longtime pol in a swing district who always gets elected handily. I made this a bit cleaner, losing the small arms into Camden and Burlington and adding a bit more Philly suburban territory and going into Ocean. It's an EVEN district, but Likely R with LoBiondo.
NJ-3: Jon Runyan (R)
Runyan gets more of Burlington and goes a little further up the coast in Ocean, while losing a blue portion near Camden and a red portion in southern Ocean. It's R+4; Obama won by 300, but I guess I could tweak it to a McCain district if it'll make Runyan happier.
NJ-4: Chris Smith (R)
Smith, who might be my favorite Republican in the House, goes a bit further North. He relinquishes his share of Trenton and some coastal blood red territory, but gets more of red Monmouth in return. At R+7, it's Safe R even when open.
NJ-5 (old NJ-13): Albio Sires (D)
This looks pretty similar to the old district: it's 46% Hispanic, 32% White, and very ugly. Also, D+18, in case you were somehow worried it wouldn't be Safe D.
NJ-6: Frank Pallone (D)
Pallone's district also gets slightly cleaner, with more territory near Edison and no arm into Old Bridge. It's still mostly the same territory, includes all that territory along the coast, and is a very safe D+8.
NJ-7: Leonard Lance (R)
With this much new territory, my worry is that Lance might get a primary, either from Garrett or from some other Tea Partier. There's quite a bit of new conservative territory in Warren, Sussex,and western Morris, but I made sure to put Garrett's home in the 9th. At R+10, any Republican is forever safe here barring a full scale meltdown. Overall, this is my least favorite district on the map since it's unpredictable in a primary.
NJ-8: Bill Pascrell (D)
Pascrell picks up the southern half of Rothman's territory, places like Kearny, Secaucus, Saddle Brook, Lodi, and Garfield. He keeps his base and home, though, and probably isn't vulnerable in a primary anyway due to seniority. It's D+12.
NJ-9: Steve Rothman (D) vs. Scott Garrett (R)
This is nearly a 50-50 split in both partisanship (EVEN) and territory (I think Garrett has between 50 and 60%). Most of swingy Bergen County is here, and it stretches along the New York border to pick up Garrett's home. The very definition of a fair fight, in my opinion.
NJ-10: Donald Payne (D)
Payne's district remains, after much precinct choosing, Black majority and Safe Dem.
NJ-11: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
A member of New Jersey's most famous political family (they date back over 200 years), Frelinghuysen's got a good gig in this district. It goes a little further east, but is suburban and exurban New York and conservative. R+7.
NJ-12: Rush Holt (D)
Holt loses nearly all of the ugly arm into Monmouth and gets an overall cleaner but still similar district. It's D+8.