Judge set to choose new congressional map in fight that could reshape House control
District Judge Dianna Gibson chooses between three congressional maps that could reshape 2026 midterm battlefield
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published November 10, 2025 11:58am EST
A district judge in Utah is expected to make a blockbuster ruling on Monday on which of three congressional maps the red state will use in the 2026 midterm elections.
The decision by Utah District Judge Dianna Gibson on which map she chooses could determine if Democrats have a fighting chance next year of flipping one of the state's current four Republican-controlled U.S. House seats.
Utah is the latest state to find itself smack in the middle of the high-stakes redistricting showdown between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to shape the midterm battlefield in the fight for the House majority.
The faceoff over redistricting in Utah, a state Trump carried by nearly 22 points in last year's presidential election, was triggered by a lawsuit by the League of Women Voters of Utah and Mormon Women for Ethical Government, which prompted Gibson to throw out the state's current congressional map. The plaintiffs argued that the current map favored Republicans.
Gibson's move required the GOP-controlled state legislature to draw a new map, which lawmakers approved last month.
The map drawn by the legislature could give Democrats a chance of flipping a U.S. House seat in two of the state's four districts.
Gibson, who will choose between the legislature's map and two others drawn up by the plaintiffs, said she would rule by Nov. 10, which is the day Utah Lt. Gov Deidre Henderson said any new congressional map must be in place to be used in next year's elections.
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