Potential Democratic candidates seeking to break through Utah’s Republican stronghold are pushing back against GOP efforts to eliminate the congressional map approved by the state Legislature last week.

Shortly after state lawmakers approved the updated boundaries — giving Democrats at least one, possibly two, competitive races in the 2026 midterm elections — a handful of candidates expressed interest to the Deseret News in running for a House seat to upend Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation in the state. Most of those candidates say they are undeterred by the latest efforts to repeal the map entirely.

“Utahns voted for fair maps all the way back in 2018 and Utah’s supermajority Republicans have engaged in a deliberate process to undermine the voters at every turn,” state S

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