Democrats gained a new House seat in Utah after a state judge shot down Republicans’ attempt to gerrymander their way to an all-red congressional map for the Beehive State.

Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that state Republicans’ new congressional map violates the state’s anti-gerrymandering rules, saying lawmakers crossed the line when they drew it.

In its stead, she ruled in favor of a new map that makes the blue-leaning Salt Lake City its own district, giving Democrats a new congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms.

“[The map] fails in many ways to comply with Proposition 4,” wrote Gibson, referring to an anti-gerrymandering measure passed in 2018 that prevents congressional maps being drawn with partisan data.

“First, [the map] was drawn with partisan political data on display. [th

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