Redistricting: Federal panel denies bid to overturn Utah’s court-ordered congressional map

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 783

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Anti-gerrymandering groups in Utah’s yearslong redistricting battle celebrated another victory on Monday when a three-judge U.S. District Court panel denied a bid by two of Utah’s sitting Republican congress members to overturn the state’s new court-ordered congressional map.

The judges’ ruling affirmed that Utah’s 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson had the power to set new congressional boundaries after she determined the Utah Legislature failed to adopt a lawful map.

Gibson’s court-ordered map …

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