2025 got all the attention, but the fight over Utah’s congressional map goes all the way back to 2018. As it stands, Utah will have three Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning district for the 2026 midterms. That makes the blue team happy and the red team, well, even more red. For this season’s first episode of State Street, we take a look at how we got here, what happens now and how this fight could affect what we see during the 2026 legislative session.
Voices:
- U.S. President Donald Trump (archival audio)
- Former KUER politics reporter Nicole Nixon (archival audio)
- Sen. Todd Weiler, a Republican from Davis County (archival audio)
- Rep. Mike Schultz, Speaker of the Utah House (archival audio)
- Elizabeth Rasmussen, executive director of Better Boundaries (archival audio)
- Utahns Stuart Hepworth, Sam Van Wetter, Ernie Gamonal (archival audio)
- KUER reporter Martha Harris
Recommended Reading and Listening:
- Would An Independent Commission Really Draw 'Better Boundaries'? A Look At Prop 4
- Drama follows Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission as it prepares to present maps to lawmakers
- Utah’s new Congressional map passes its first hurdle in state House
- Utah’s redistricting map fight will move to the Utah Supreme Court. How’d we get there?
- Utah Supreme Court hears arguments in the fight over Utah’s redistricting maps
- Utah Supreme Court says lawmakers overstepped the people with their redistricting
- Judge tosses out Utah’s congressional maps in long-fought redistricting case
- Utah judge picks plaintiffs’ congressional map over one favored by GOP lawmakers
- Utah got a new congressional map. The reactions have been swift — and pointed
- Utah lawmakers rebuke redistricting, alter election timelines in special session
- Narrow ruling gives Utah lawmakers an ‘imperfect’ avenue to appeal redistricting