{"id":1055752,"date":"2025-08-26T08:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055752"},"modified":"2025-08-26T08:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:07:23","slug":"dnc-on-utahs-gerrymandered-maps-getting-struck-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-utahs-gerrymandered-maps-getting-struck-down\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Utah\u2019s Gerrymandered Maps Getting Struck Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Utah\u2019s Third District Court struck down the state\u2019s gerrymandered maps, which have allowed Utah Republicans to build a 5-0 Congressional delegation in favor of Republicans. This is despite Salt Lake City and surrounding areas becoming markedly bluer, and Utah previously having Democratic representation at the Congressional level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chair Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2025\/05\/27\/ken-martin-dnc-investment-in-utah\/\">visited<\/a> Utah in May and is committed to building Democratic power in the Mountain West. The DNC also <a href=\"https:\/\/utahnewsdispatch.com\/2025\/07\/11\/democrats-end-town-hall-series-in-utah\/\">hosted<\/a> a People\u2019s Town Hall in Salt Lake City last month and saw the blue shift in the state firsthand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement: <\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><br>\u201cThe DNC applauds the Third District Court in Utah for striking down Utah\u2019s blatant, gerrymandered maps. Utahns deserve representation that reflects the demographic and ideological makeup of the state. Utah Republicans gerrymandered the maps because they knew they were losing power in the state, and they attempted to stop Democratic gains in the state. With this ruling, power is back in the hands of everyday Utahns to be able to choose their representatives, instead of Donald Trump and Republicans. Every seat counts, and Democrats everywhere are fired up and ready to take back the House in the midterms in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Utah\u2019s Third District Court struck down the state\u2019s gerrymandered maps, which have allowed Utah Republicans to build a 5-0 Congressional delegation in favor of Republicans. This is despite Salt Lake City and surrounding areas becoming markedly bluer, and Utah previously having Democratic representation at the Congressional level.&nbsp; Chair Martin visited Utah in May and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Utah\u2019s Gerrymandered Maps Getting Struck Down - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-utahs-gerrymandered-maps-getting-struck-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T12:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T12:07:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-utahs-gerrymandered-maps-getting-struck-down\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-utahs-gerrymandered-maps-getting-struck-down\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Utah\u2019s Gerrymandered Maps Getting Struck Down - 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