{"id":2509165,"date":"2025-11-11T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-judge-rejects-gop-redistricting-plan-in-favor-of-one-that-creates-a-new-blue-district\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:34:51","slug":"utah-judge-rejects-gop-redistricting-plan-in-favor-of-one-that-creates-a-new-blue-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-judge-rejects-gop-redistricting-plan-in-favor-of-one-that-creates-a-new-blue-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah judge rejects GOP redistricting plan in favor of one that creates a new blue district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-judge-rejects-gop-redistricting-plan-in-favor-of-one-that-creates-a-new-blue-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Utah judge, Dianna M.Gibson, rejected a Republican-proposed redistricting map that was designed to favor GOP candidates, ruling it violated Utah&#8217;s Proposition 4 law, which bans partisan gerrymandering. Rather, she approved a plaintiff-drawn map (&#8220;Map 1&#8221;) favored by groups like the League of women Voters of Utah adn Mormon Women for Ethical Government. This new map creates a congressional district in northern Salt Lake County that significantly improves Democrats&#8217; chances, giving them a notable advantage in one district, while Republicans maintain strong leads in others. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doubles-down-on-student-loan-cancellation-despite-federal-ruling\/\" title=\"Biden Doubles Down On Student Loan Cancellation Despite Federal ...\">judge criticized<\/a> the GOP map as an extreme partisan outlier and emphasized the legal obligation to ensure a lawful map is in place before the November 2025 deadline. Utah&#8217;s Democratic legislators expressed optimism about the ruling,seeing it as a victory for fair depiction. This decision aligns with recent Democratic successes in challenging GOP-favored redistricting efforts in other states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Utah judge rejects GOP redistricting plan in favor of one that creates a new blue district<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2398392\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/utah\/\">Utah<\/a> judge Dianna M. Gibson tossed a state Republican-proposed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a> map on Monday, opting for a plaintiff-proposed map that helps <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a>&lsquo; chances of winning a congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">GOP<\/a>-proposed map &ldquo;was drawn with the purpose to favor Republicans,&rdquo; ruling that it violates Utah&rsquo;s Proposition 4 law, a state ballot initiative passed in 2018 that bans partisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gerrymandering\/\">gerrymandering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3882055\/massie-fbi-silence-capitol-police-jan-6-pipe-bomb\/\">Massie calls out FBI silence on reported Capitol Police involvement in planting Jan. 6 pipe bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3881840\/barry-loudermilk-kamala-harris-secret-service-dnc-pipe-bomb-interview-transcripts\/\">Loudermilk asks for interview transcripts with Harris&#8217;s Secret Service detail about DNC pipe bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3881787\/hoyer-raskin-maryland-redistricting-senate-president\/\">Hoyer and Raskin turn up the pressure on Maryland Senate president in redistricting fight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Republican legislature proposed &ldquo;Map C&rdquo; created four separate districts, dividing the state relatively down the middle, with three districts in the west and one in the east. It also divides both Salt Lake and Davis Counties, which surround the state&rsquo;s main liberal bastion of Salt Lake City. Gibson called the map an &ldquo;extreme partisan outlier,&rdquo; based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >partisan bias tests conducted<\/a> on each proposed map in the case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Map C creates four districts in which zero Democratic statewide candidates have prevailed under the assessed elections,&rdquo; Gibson wrote in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson rejected the legislature&rsquo;s map by placing a preliminary injunction on its enforcement and instead adopted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/campaignlegal.org\/media\/2890\">plaintiff-drawn &ldquo;Map 1&rdquo;<\/a> as the prevailing map. &ldquo;Map 1&rdquo; was one of two maps drawn by plaintiffs in the court case &mdash; the League of Women Voters of Utah and Mormon Women for Ethical Government &mdash; who argued against the state legislature. &ldquo;Map 1&rdquo; creates four districts, with one small district encompassing much of the northern part of Salt Lake County.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In short, Map C does not comply with Utah law. Because the Lieutenant Governor&rsquo;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 Plaintiffs&rsquo; Map 1 for Utah&rsquo;s congressional elections,&rdquo; Gibson wrote in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The selected map favors Democrats the most out of any of the three proposed maps. The selected &ldquo;Map 1&rdquo; gives Democrats an over 17-point edge in the Salt Lake County district, according to a <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/11\/gerrymander-utah-judge-rejects-gop\/\">Salt Lake Tribune<\/a><\/em>  analysis, while Republicans have an over two-to-one lead in the other districts.<\/p>\n<p>Utah&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-battle-for-control-of-missouris-redistricting-map\/\" title=\"Republicans Battle for Control of Missouri\u2019s Redistricting Map\">current congressional map<\/a> from 2021 favors Republicans in all four districts by anywhere from 19 to 28 points, according to the same <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/09\/23\/utah-redistricting-are\/\">outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement on the redistricting ruling, Utah Senate and House Democrats said they &ldquo;feel a deep sense of hope and relief&rdquo; after the selection of &ldquo;Map 1.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3873257\/california-gop-redistricting-survivors-proposition-50\/\">THE LIKELY HOUSE GOP CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING SURVIVORS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a win for every Utahn. We took an oath to serve the people of Utah, and fair representation is the truest measure of that promise,&rdquo; Utah Senate and House Democrats said. <\/p>\n<p>The win for Democrats follows California&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3875781\/newsoms-big-proposition-50-win-turns-him-to-leading-2028-white-house-contender\/\">win<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3877275\/california-prop-50-gop-lawmakers-new-map-fight\/\">Prop 50<\/a>, as Democrats make headway in their fight to counter GOP-favored redistricting in states like Texas and North Carolina. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah judge rejects GOP map, approves Democrat-favored plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2509166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP20072856982269.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[66867,6203,32691,16985,5764],"class_list":["post-2509165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-district","tag-gop","tag-judge-ruling","tag-redistricting","tag-utah"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP20072856982269.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509169,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509165\/revisions\/2509169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}