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Utah's congressional districts

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.[1][2]

Utah's congressional districts since 2023

Current districts and representatives

Utah’s congressional districts are an example of partisan gerrymandering.[3] In this instance, Republican lawmakers drew the boundaries to dilute the Democratic vote by splitting Democratic-leaning Salt Lake City across all four congressional districts.

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

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Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Utah, presented chronologically.[6] All redistricting events that took place in Utah between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

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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%[7] however the Commission’s power ‘was stripped a year and a half later by the Legislature.’[8][9]
  • 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%.[10]

Obsolete districts


References

  1. "Governor OKs new Utah congressional maps". Salt Lake Tribune. October 20, 2011. p. 1.
  2. "Google Maps". Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. "Utah's legislature rejects every map proposed by independent redistricting committee". FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU). November 9, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

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