Judge Strikes Down GOP Map, Boosts Democrats in Utah
11th November 2025
A Utah judge on Monday rejected a new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers, adopting an alternate proposal creating a Democrat-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Republicans hold all four of Utah’s U.S. House seats and had advanced a map poised to protect them.
Judge Dianna Gibson ruled just before a midnight deadline that the Legislature’s new map “unduly favors Republicans and disfavors Democrats.”