Overview

• District Judge Dianna Gibson ruled the legislature’s 2021 map unlawful for sidelining the voter-created independent redistricting commission and permanently barred its use.
• The order requires new congressional boundaries by Sept. 24, 2025, with voting-rights groups allowed to submit alternative proposals for consideration.
• Utah’s current map split Salt Lake County into all four districts, a configuration challengers said diluted Democratic votes and helped yield an all-Republican House delegation.
• The redraw could make at least one of Utah’s four seats competitive in 2026, though the final impact depends on how lawmakers comply with the voter-approved standards.
• President Donald Trump called the ruling “absolutely Unconstitutional” on Truth Social and urged Utah Republicans to hold their four seats, echoing his push for mid-decade remaps in GOP-led states.