SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The most recent Democrat to represent Utah in Congress announced Thursday his bid to return to Washington after a judge adopted a new congressional map creating a heavily Democratic district in the state.

Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams will run in a new district centered on Salt Lake County, Utah's population center and an island of Democratic support in an otherwise red state. He was once the county's mayor, then its state senator, and represented much of the area within his previous congressional district from 2019 to 2021.

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