{"id":2514482,"date":"2025-11-25T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-republicans-plan-to-appeal-court-ordered-congressional-map\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:46:58","slug":"utah-republicans-plan-to-appeal-court-ordered-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-republicans-plan-to-appeal-court-ordered-congressional-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Republicans plan to appeal court-ordered congressional map"},"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\">16<\/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-republicans-plan-to-appeal-court-ordered-congressional-map%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=2514482&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>Utah Republican lawmakers plan to appeal a court-ordered congressional map that created a new Democratic-leaning House seat centered around salt Lake City.the map was ordered by Judge Dianna Gibson, who ruled that the previous Republican-drawn map violated utah&#8217;s Proposition 4, a voter-approved initiative banning partisan gerrymandering. Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Mike Schultz criticized the judge&#8217;s decision, calling it the most partisan map in the state&#8217;s history, and pledged to challenge it. Governor Spencer Cox plans to call a special legislative session in December to consider a constitutional amendment limiting the impact of ballot initiatives like Proposition 4 on redistricting authority and to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >postpone candidate filing deadlines amid ongoing legal appeals<\/a>. since the ruling,prominent Democrats,including former Rep. Ben McAdams,have entered the race for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-in-tough-elections-ignore-pelosis-push-to-tout-bbb\/\" title=\"Dems In Tough Elections Ignore Pelosi\u2019s Push To Tout BBB\">newly drawn 1st congressional district<\/a>,which is more competitive and includes a majority of Salt Lake County,a Democratic stronghold. Republicans argue the new map disadvantages their candidates, with some, like Rep. Blake Moore, indicating challenges to reelection under the new boundaries.  <\/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 Republicans plan to appeal court-ordered congressional map<\/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_2398508\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/utah\/\">Utah<\/a> GOP lawmakers indicated on Tuesday they plan to appeal the new congressional map ordered by a court that created one blue <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\">House<\/a> seat in the state and found that Utah&rsquo;s Republican-controlled legislature engaged in partisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gerrymandering\/\">gerrymandering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said the legislature will wait until the judge&rsquo;s final decision on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a> before filing the appeal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3898408\/mark-kelly-democrats-turn-seditious-six-accusations-fundraising-boon\/\">Mark Kelly and Democrats turn &#8216;seditious six&#8217; accusations into fundraising boon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3898251\/marjorie-taylor-greene-declines-endorse-successor-house-seat\/\">Greene declines to endorse successor as battle to fill House seat takes shape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3898090\/democrats-push-minority-rural-voters-investment-program\/\">Democrats look to reverse GOP gains with minority and rural voters in eight-figure buy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Earlier this month, Utah judge Dianna Gibson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3882270\/judge-rejects-gop-utah-redistricting-plan-creates-new-blue-district\/\">rejected the congressional map<\/a> that maintained the state&rsquo;s House delegation solely composed of four Republicans. She ruled the map violated Utah&rsquo;s Proposition 4, a ballot initiative passed in 2018 that bans partisan gerrymandering, and approved a separate map that would create a seat safely held by a Democrat around <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/salt-lake-city\/\">Salt Lake City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican lawmakers criticized the judge&rsquo;s decision, announcing they intend to challenge it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By design or by default, Judge Gibson has authorized the most partisan and thus the most gerrymandered map in the history of the state of Utah,&rdquo; Adams said at the Utah State Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot let unchecked initiatives turn Utah into California,&rdquo; he added, referencing Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\">Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s<\/a> (D-CA) recently approved redistricting ballot measure.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) intends to call a redistricting-related special session on Dec. 9.<\/p>\n<p>The primary purpose of the session is to consider a constitutional amendment for the 2026 ballot that will clarify the legislature&rsquo;s authority in drawing boundaries of congressional districts and address concerns about ballot initiatives, like Proposition 4, overriding the Utah Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The issue stems from the Utah Supreme Court and Gibson&rsquo;s rulings in support of Proposition 4. Utah Republicans argue the voter-passed law contains unconstitutional language. They failed to repeal it.<\/p>\n<p>Another key item of the special session is to postpone the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-will-not-be-on-the-new-hampshire-primary-ballot-for-2024\/\" title=\"Joe Biden won&#039;t be on New Hampshire primary ballot in 2024.\">candidate filing deadline<\/a> as an appeal advocating for potential changes to the congressional boundaries makes its way through court.<\/p>\n<p>Since Gibson&rsquo;s decision this month, five Democrats have already entered the 2026 House race to secure the party&rsquo;s nomination for Utah&rsquo;s newly redrawn 1st congressional District in a bid against Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT).<\/p>\n<p>The most well-known candidate is former Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT), who lost to Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3894136\/burgess-owens-congressional-map-betrayed-the-balance-of-powers\/\">Burgess Owens<\/a> (R-UT) in 2020. McAdams was the last Democrat to represent Utah constituents nationally. The other four contenders are state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, former state Sen. Derek Kitchen, political newcomer Luis Villarreal, and state Sen. Nate Blouin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3891312\/redistricting-setbacks-in-court-slow-gop-map-push-ahead-of-2026\/\">REDISTRICTING SETBACKS IN COURT SLOW GOP MAP PUSH AHEAD OF 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The redrawn district is significantly different from Moore&rsquo;s northern Utah district in terms of its geographic scope, population makeup, and partisan lean. The new map encompasses most of Salt Lake County, the state&rsquo;s most populous county and a predominantly Democratic-leaning area.<\/p>\n<p>Moore is planning on running for one of Utah&rsquo;s four seats next year, according to his campaign spokesperson, suggesting he can&rsquo;t win reelection in the redrawn district if the new map is kept.<\/p>\n<\/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 GOP to appeal court-ordered congressional map changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2514483,"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\/11\/AP25254229073285.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[58799,41074,16985,3756,5764],"class_list":["post-2514482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-congressional-map","tag-court-appeal","tag-redistricting","tag-republicans","tag-utah"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25254229073285.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514482","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514486,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514482\/revisions\/2514486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}