On Aug. 25, Utah State Judge Dianna Gibson ordered the Utah Legislature to redraw Utah’s congressional districts, ruling that the maps violated the voter-backed Better Boundaries Initiative that passed in 2018. The case was originally sent back to Judge Gibson to determine whether the ruling met the legal standard for replacing a voter-approved ballot initiative. “[The decision] is not a sign of an activist judge,” Burbank said. Utah’s current maps, signed into law by Utah Governor Spencer Cox in 2021, would not normally be revised until 2031. Despite the lawsuit, Judge Gibson ordered new maps to be drawn by November 2025 to start preparing for the 2026 midterm elections.