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As lawmakers fight over dueling redistricting experts, Utahns ask: Why not one of our maps?
The second day of Utah’s court-ordered redistricting process saw plenty of fireworks on Wednesday, with Democrats and their dueling redistricting expert clashing with Republicans. The Utah Legislature’s newly convened Legislative Redistricting Committee’s heated exchanges reached a crescendo when the committee’s only two Democrats — Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, and Rep. Doug Owens, D-Millcreek — brought their hired expert, Daniel Magleby, a professor at SUNY Binghamton in New York, to present their preferred congressional map. During their ...