Federal court joins Utah Supreme Court in declining to block Utah's new congressional map

A panel of federal judges has rejected a request to block Utah's new congressional map from being used during the 2026 midterm elections. In a decision issued Monday, a three-judge panel convened by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request from multiple elected officials and voters, including Reps. Celeste Maloy and Burgess Owens, who had sued Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson over the use of the map in the upcoming election cycle.