A District Judge ruled that the maps drawn by the GOP-controlled state Legislature have to be redrawn before next year’s midterm elections.
Right now, all four seats are held by Republicans; this could allow for one Democrat seat.
District Court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that the GOP-controlled state Legislature went around safeguards against partisan gerrymandering with the latest lines and must redraw ahead of next year’s midterms.
Under the current map, Utah’s four congressional districts are all held by Republicans. A redrawing could, depending on how lines are drawn around blue Salt Lake City, mean an opportunity for Democrats to snag a House seat in the state.
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), however, knocked the ruling, claiming Utah’s electoral system is “under attack by Democrats and their leftist allies in the Utah courts.”
“Make no mistake, this decision will make the process of drawing legislative districts in Utah *less* accountable to voters, not more[.] It’ll also result in maps that are far more generous to Democrats, and that’s the whole point,” Lee wrote on the social platform X.
Donald Trump blasted the ruling, calling it “Unconstitutional.”
Trump called on “The Utah GOP has to STAY UNITED, and make sure their four terrific Republican Congressmen stay right where they are!”
Monday’s Court Order in Utah is absolutely Unconstitutional. How did such a wonderful Republican State like Utah, which I won in every Election, end up with so many Radical Left Judges? All Citizens of Utah should be outraged at their activist Judiciary, which wants to take away our Congressional advantage, and will do everything possible to do so. This incredible State sent four great Republicans to Congress, and we want to keep it that way. The Utah GOP has to STAY UNITED, and make sure their four terrific Republican Congressmen stay right where they are!
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