SALT LAKE CITY – Following an overnight ruling from the Third District Court in Salt Lake City, Republicans and Democrats in Utah are reacting along party lines.

In that ruling, Judge Dianna Gibson rejected a congressional district map proposed by the Utah Legislature in favor of one proposed by local voting-rights groups.

In siding with the plaintiffs in the Utah redistricting case, Gibson ruled that the GOP approved map, known as Map C, violated Utah's citizen-passed anti-gerrymandering law known as Proposition 4.

At issue is whether majority Democrats in Salt Lake County will get an opportunity to elect their own representative to Congress.

“The people have a right to alter and reform their government,” insists Brian King, the chairman of the Utah Democratic Party, applauding Gibson

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