In new redistricting lawsuit, federal panel weighs whether to overturn Utah’s court-ordered map

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 1,591

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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As a blizzard descended on Salt Lake City on Wednesday, a federal three-judge panel spent hours grilling attorneys on opposing sides of a new redistricting lawsuit seeking to throw out a state judge’s earlier decisions that voided Utah’s 2021 congressional map and ordered a remedial map that created one Democratic and three Republican districts.

After three hours of arguments and questioning, the judges did not issue a decision from the courtroom at the …

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