Salt Lake City (AP) – Utah Republican-led Congress has been approved Revised map of parliament On Monday, Democrats could improve their chances of flipping their seats as the party fights to defeat the slim majority of GOPs in the US home. But in a state that is dominated by Republicans, it will remain a shot for a long time that Democrats can beat the district next year.
Republicans currently own all four of Utah’s house seats.
The revised map would place the heavy Salt Lake City in a single district, including rural areas, rather than splitting the city across multiple districts. Still, all four newly drawn districts are wasting Republicans.
The district must continue to be reviewed by a judge who is expected to approve the new map by November. A small number of Republican lawmakers joined Democrats opposed the revised map on Monday.
Judge Deanna Gibson in August I entered the map of the parliament The Congress was adopted after the 2020 census to avoid standards established by voters and to prevent districts from intentionally supporting the party, a practice known as slutty mandarinering.
The judge’s ordered redRaw comes as President Donald Trump urged other Republican-led states to tackle Mid-term rezoning Before the midterm elections Add seats that could win the party.
The revised map of Utah creates some uncertainty in what was considered a clean sweep of the GOP. Nationally, Democrats will need to net three seats next year to take control of the room from Republicans next year.
Senator Scott Sandal, co-chair of the Congressional District Committee, said there are many things they would have done differently without the time crunch. Still, he believes there is no reason for the judge to refuse the map.
After making public comments on some of the proposals, Republicans chose to move forward what experts said was the least competitive option. Commenters appeared to support the proposal submitted by Democrats until Utah Republicans sent an email to garner support for the maps that have now been approved by lawmakers.
Democrat state Sen. Nate Bruin was old by a Republican leader on the Senate floor when he thought it was no coincidence that the map that would be the most advantageous for Republicans was chosen. Sandal argued that the committee did not consider political data.
Jonathan Selbus, a Carnegie Mellon University constituency change and voting rights expert, has run data on maps redrawn from past elections in Utah, finding Democrats lose every time. That shows the map is not competitive, he said.
“It’s not as competitive as the plaintiffs would like, but I think it’s far better than the maps that exist now.
The map discarded by Gibson has further divided Utah’s population centers and democratic support island Salt Lake County. Before the map was adopted in 2021, one district had exchanged hands between Democrats and Republicans. Since then, all have elected Republicans with a large margin.
Gibson will review maps approved by lawmakers and consider alternative proposals submitted by voting rights groups involved in legal issues. If she shoots it down, Cervas anticipates a legal battle over whether the court has authority or is obligated to introduce its own maps.
If the revised map stands, analyst Jason Fearman thinks it is “insurmountable” for Democrats.
“A very strong Blue Wave Year candidate may be able to break this Democratic cycle, which hasn’t won any of these seats,” said Fierman, who consulted maps of other states. “This could really be a ‘game of games’ for Democrats, but it’s challenging. ”
