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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) Maps at a news conference held by Utah's bipartisan redistricting panel.
After years of lawsuits, the courts have ordered a new map for 2026 that gives Democrats a fighting chance in a new Salt Lake County-based district.
In response, the GOP has filed a federal challenge to block that map, passed a bill to expand the Utah Supreme Court (which critics call “court-packing”), and are racing toward a February 15 deadline to put a repeal of the Independent Commission on the ballot.
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