Utah Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging a state judge’s selected redistricting map that would give Democrats a greater chance of winning a U.S. House seat in November.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a federal court, challenges Utah judge Diana M. Gibson’s decision to reject the Republican legislature-drawn map in favor of a map drawn by plaintiffs who argued against the GOP plan. The court-selected map will include a new Salt Lake County district that is expected to favor Democrats by over 17 points. The previous map gave Republicans wins in all four U.S. House districts in the state.
In the Monday complaint filed against that decision, the GOP plaintiffs include incumbent U.S. Reps. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Burgess Owens (R-UT). The Republicans argue that
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