SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican-led Legislature approved a revised congressional map Monday that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as the party fights to topple the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. But in a state overwhelmingly dominated by Republicans, it remains a long-shot that Democrats could win a district next year.

Republicans currently hold all four of Utah’s House seats.

The revised map would place Democrat-heavy Salt Lake City in a single district that also would include rural areas, instead of dividing the city among multiple districts. Still, all four newly drawn districts lean Republican.

The districts still must be reviewed by a judge, who is expected approve a new map by November. A handful of Republican lawmakers joined Democrats

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