Court Orders Utah to Remake its Congressional Districts: What to Know

Utah has joined the congressional mid-decade redistricting trend, but not by choice. The state is being forced to redraw its congressional maps to comply with a recent court order. Though mid-decade redistricting tends to be relatively rare, the practice has made headlines recently after Texas, followed by California, moved towards partisan gerrymanders in their states that would add around five new Republican seats in Texas and five new Democratic seats in California. While states like New York, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and others have considered joining the redistricting scramble, the Republican-dominated Beehive State—where Republicans already hold all four congressional seats—isn’t one of them....