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‘Extreme’ gerrymander: Utah judge rejects GOP lawmakers’ congressional map, picks districts favoring Democrats
The map submitted by Republicans “does not comply with Utah law,” Judge Dianna Gibson wrote.
Utah will get one or two of Utah's four congress critters, which will cut the GOP by one or two seats.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third District Judge Dianna Gibson holds a hearing on Utah’s congressional district maps in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
By
Robert Gehrke
| Nov. 11, 2025, 12:59 a.m.
| Updated: 10:17 a.m.
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Third District Judge Dianna Gibson rejected new congressional boundaries proposed by Republican legislators late Monday night, instead choosing a map that will create a heavily Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County and shake up Utah’s political landscape.
“In short, [the Legislature’s map] does not comply with Utah law,” Gibson wrote in her ruling. “Because the Lieutenant Governor’s November 10, 2025, deadline for a map to be finalized is upon us, the Court bears the unwelcome obligation to ensure that a lawful map is in place, which the Court discharges by adopting” a map submitted by the plaintiffs in the yearslong lawsuit.
The map Gibson selected makes a district of the northern portion of Salt Lake County, and splits Utah County into eastern and western districts, ultimately creating a district that truly favors Democrats for the first time in a quarter century.
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