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Judge tidies up Utah’s new congressional map — but GOP lawmakers want it tossed in the trash

The plaintiffs’ map split homes and left some voters in limbo. Legislative attorneys say it warrants returning to Utah’s current districts with four GOP seats.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Judge Dianna Gibson holds a hearing on Utah’s congressional maps process, in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. Judge Gibson previously ruled — based on a decision last year by the Utah Supreme Court — that the Legislature had violated voters’ constitutional right to make laws when legislators repealed Proposition 4, the citizen-passed Better Boundaries initiative.