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Utah's congressional districts

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Utah is divided into 4 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 census, Utah gained one House seat, and a new map was approved by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert.{{cite news | url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/52754667-90/congressional-democrats-district-districts.html.csp | title=Governor OKs new Utah congressional maps | newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune | date=October 20, 2011 | page=1}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.redistrictutah.com/wp-content/plugins/xml-google-maps/xmlgooglemaps_show.php?kmlid=443 |title=Google Maps |access-date=2012-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027022007/http://www.redistrictutah.com/wp-content/plugins/xml-google-maps/xmlgooglemaps_show.php?kmlid=443 |archive-date=2012-10-27 |url-status=dead }}

Current districts and representatives

Utah’s congressional districts are the subject of a court challenge and an example of partisan gerrymandering. {{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state's most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts |url=https://apnews.com/article/utah-redistricting-3cb3fb05e7253f3ec3d26749138bea9e |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=AP News |language=en}} In this instance, Republican lawmakers drew the boundaries to dilute the Democratic vote by splitting Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County across all four congressional districts. The Utah Supreme Court ruled in July, 2024, that the legislature did not have the constitutional right to override 2018 Utah Proposition 4, which required districts be drawn by an independent redistricting commission. The lawsuit challenging the map was sent to a lower court for further consideration.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/us/utah-supreme-court-gerrymandering.html |title=Utah’s Gerrymandered House Map Ignored Voters’ Will, State Supreme Court Says |author=Michael Wines |date=July 11, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

The delegation has a total of four members, all Republicans.

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colspan=6 | Current U.S. representatives from Utah
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Blake Moore
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Celeste Maloy
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| November 28, 2023

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Mike Kennedy
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| January 3, 2025

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Burgess Owens
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| January 3, 2021

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Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Utah, presented chronologically.{{cite web|title=Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012.|url=http://cdmaps.polisci.ucla.edu|access-date=October 18, 2014}} All redistricting events that took place in Utah between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

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1983–1992

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1993–2002

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2003–2013

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2013–2023

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Since 2023

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Redistricting ballot measures

  • 2018 Utah Proposition 4, a measure that would require the redistricting process to be done by a bipartisan commission. This motion was passed by a margin of 0.68%{{Cite web|title=Utah Proposition 4, Independent Advisory Commission on Redistricting Initiative (2018)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_Proposition_4,_Independent_Advisory_Commission_on_Redistricting_Initiative_(2018)|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}} however the Commission’s power ‘was stripped a year and a half later by the Legislature.’{{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state's most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts |url=https://apnews.com/article/utah-redistricting-3cb3fb05e7253f3ec3d26749138bea9e |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Utah's legislature rejects every map proposed by independent redistricting committee |url=https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utahs-legislature-rejects-every-map-proposed-by-independent-redistricting-committee |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU) |language=en}}
  • 2008 Utah Legislative Redistricting Requirement, Amendment D, a technical proposal that allowed the legislature to consider redistricting once census data was made public. Passed by a margin of 56.50%.{{Cite web|title=Utah Legislative Redistricting Requirement, Amendment D (2008)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_Legislative_Redistricting_Requirement,_Amendment_D_(2008)|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}

Obsolete districts

References

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See also

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