WASHINGTON — A national centrist group is throwing its support behind former Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams to run for Congress in Utah once the Republican stronghold state finalizes its new congressional maps next month.

The Welcome PAC, a Democratic centrist group founded in 2021, circulated an email to supporters on Friday painting McAdams as the best candidate to flip one of the four solidly Republican seats in 2026, pointing to his previous performance where he pulled off a rare win against incumbent Rep. Mia Love in 2018. The campaign comes as Utah is set to implement new district boundaries for the midterm elections after a judge ruled earlier this year that the current map was illegally gerrymandered.

“The lines are not final in Utah, but the likeliest outcomes all point to a potent

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