"M" is the 8th congressional district of New York, and the speckles are islands. Some states require congressional districts to be contiguous and some do not,

"M" is the 8th congressional district of New York, and the speckles are islands. Some states require congressional districts to be contiguous and some do not, but in practice every or nearly every district is contiguous, up to a reasonable interpretation of "contiguous" -- allowing for things like islands or peninsulas. (I could not find any counterexamples.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_8th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_8th_congressional_d...