Democrats could have a slight shot at flipping a US House seat in Utah under a new congressional map

Lawmakers look at a display of public comments on their congressional redistricting proposals, Monday, September 6, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP/File 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 US 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 dist