Trump Admits He Told Top Official to Ignore the Courts

But the petition also needed at least 8 percent of signatures in 26 of Utah’s 29 state senatorial districts, to show that voters across the state wanted the issue to go to the ballot. This is where the Republicans failed. After a nonprofit supporting the new maps, Better Boundaries, convinced about 7,000 voters to remove their names from the petition, it fell just below the 26-district threshold.

THE redistricting wars were launched by President Trump call Last June, state leaders reshuffled their maps to benefit Republicans. It’s crucial that Democrats fight back with their own charcuterie if they want to win back the House and Senate in the midterms. Since 2025, Republicans have recut with the goal of adding seats in Texas, North Carolina and Missouri. Democrats responded with redistricting in California and now, officially, in Utah.

Trump could add an extra layer of complication to the midterm elections by deletion voting in front of them and trying to to spill the results if his party loses. We can only hope that the general lack of public support for the Trump administration will be strong enough for Democrats to get through it.