Court-drawn map upends Utah primary elections, forces GOP shakeup and opens door for Democrats
By Brigham Tomco
Published on March 10, 2026.
A court-ordered congressional district map in Utah has resulted in a shakeup in the Republican Party's primary elections, pushing out one Republican incumbent and potentially making the other three more vulnerable to conservative challengers. The current congressional map, which still stands despite lawsuits from the state Legislature and federal delegation, includes a Democratic seat with a 14 percentage-point margin and three Republican seats with margins of 38-42 points. This shift has allowed Democrats to engage in a competitive primary. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox believes the districts could polarize politics even more than what was intended by anti-gerrymandering activists when they sponsored Proposition 4 in 2018 and sued the state in 2022 for amending the law. Rep. Blake Moore and Celeste Maloy have filed their declarations of candidacy, promising to support permanent tax policy changes.
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