A federal court rejected a bid by Utah Republicans to block a new court-ordered congressional map, dealing a major blow to the Republican Party following a yearslong redistricting saga.
The decision means Democrats are likely to net one seat out of the state, which currently has a four-person all-GOP House delegation, absent late intervention from the Supreme Court.
Republican lawmakers in Utah passed a congressional map in October after state court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled the state could not use previous lines carving up Democratic stronghold Salt Lake City.
Gibson later rejected that map, ruling in November that it “fails to abide by and…
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