Posted on 11/25/2025 11:52:46 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A state court instituted a map that created one blue seat in the state.
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said the Legislature is awaiting Gibson — who was appointed to the bench by former Gov. Gary Herbert, a Republican — to “wrap up her final decision,” at which point the Legislature will appeal to the state’s highest court. Legislators have also said they will attempt to impeach Gibson.
This is the latest episode in a yearslong redistricting saga in Utah. In 2018, Utah voters passed Proposition 4, an anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative that created an independent redistricting commission, which the GOP-controlled state Legislature subsequently reduced to an advisory role. The Legislature-drawn congressional map — which included four safely Republican seats — faced a lawsuit, and Gibson ordered the state Legislature to redraw it in August.
The Legislature passed a new map in October with four red seats, which Cox signed into law. Gibson rejected that map, saying it “fails to abide by and conform with the requirements” of Proposition 4.
Cox and Schultz both said they supported appealing the decision earlier this month, but Schultz later told a local TV station the Nov. 10 deadline for a new map — and the timing of Gibson’s decision, which arrived late that night — tied their hands.
The new map also put Utah’s congressional delegation in a bind, forcing the four current Republican members of the delegation to compete for three GOP seats. Meanwhile, a crowded, competitive Democratic primary has already emerged in the Salt Lake City-based 1st District, where former Rep. Ben McAdams — the last Democrat to represent Utah in Congress — faces several challengers to his left.
Adams said the Legislature will “try our best” to install a new map ahead of the 2026 elections.
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Nothing says “Protecting Democracy” like having the least democratic branch override the those who are elected!
Impeachment is the proper recourse for judges who wander out of their lane.
NO female judges. Ever.
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