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Editorial illustrationTrump’s Utah appeal lists correct districts under new election map
The three Republicans are running in differently numbered districts from the ones they currently represent, following a court-ordered redrawing.
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In a Truth Social post on election day, 3 November, President Donald Trump urged Utah voters to back Blake Moore in the 2nd congressional district, Celeste Maloy in the 3rd and Mike Kennedy in the 4th. Utah’s certified ballot lists each Republican in the district Trump named. He had already backed the same three for those races on 22 October.
Utah is using a new congressional map adopted by a state court in November 2025. The judge rejected an alternative passed by lawmakers, finding it had been drawn to favour Republicans. The court’s map was later adjusted slightly.
Trump’s post did not name a candidate in the redrawn 1st district. Former Democratic congressman Ben McAdams and Republican Riley Owen are among those running there; local news outlet KSL reports that the district favours Democrats.
The US House directory lists Moore as the current representative for Utah’s 1st district, Maloy for the 2nd and Kennedy for the 3rd. Those are their present seats, rather than the districts they are now contesting. According to Utah’s geographic agency, those elected under the new boundaries will begin representing them in January 2027.
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