Utah is at a crossroads. On August 25, 2025, Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled the state’s current congressional maps unconstitutional. The court found that the 2021 maps violated Proposition 4 —the Better Boundaries ballot initiative passed by voters in 2018—which created standards meant to curb partisan gerrymandering (Schott, 2025). The maps, drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature, split Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County into four GOP-heavy congressi