Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature plans to appeal the state’s new court-ordered congressional map to the state Supreme Court, legislative leadership announced Tuesday.
A state district judge installed a new map earlier this month that creates a safe-blue seat around Salt Lake City, delivering Democrats an opportunity to break into the all-GOP delegation. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will call a special session on Dec. 9, likely to delay the state’s candidate filing deadline as a potential appeal makes its way through the courts, state Senate President Stuart Adams announced Tuesday.
“By design or by default, Judge [Dianna] Gibson has…
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