With a week left to come up with a new congressional map, legislative leaders have appointed ten lawmakers to a committee assigned the task of redrawing the boundaries .

The job will be led by Candice Pierucci, R-Riverton, from the House and Sen. Scott Sandall, R-Tremonton, from the Senate. Sandall co-chaired the committee in 2021 that drew the maps that were voided last month by a state judge.

After a Utah Supreme Court ruling last year that the Legislature should not have been allowed to repeal 2018’s Proposition 4 — better known as the Better Boundaries initiative — the voter-approved initiative was reinstated as law.

Judge Dianna Gibson ruled last month that, with the initiative’s standards back in place, the existing congressional maps could not be used in the 2026 election bec

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