Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams, the last Utah Democrat in Congress, will formally announce his candidacy for the 2026 congressional elections on November 13th. The announcement comes despite uncertainty surrounding the district maps and potential Republican opponents.
Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams speaks during the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition discussion at Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.That was the message a small group of Ben McAdams’ supporters received Tuesday night announcing that “Ben McAdams is running for Congress !” The invitation to a formal campaign launch, scheduled for Nov.
13, comes even before anyone knows what the districts will look like for the 2026 congressional elections.While McAdams, the last Utah Democrat to serve in Congress, had been reluctant to commit to a bid, a national political action committee —next year’s midterm election. That decision will come after three years of litigation over the Legislature’s repeal of Proposition 4, a Supreme Court ruling that found the repeal to be unconstitutional and Gibson’s order that the maps be redrawn., according to an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune. In McAdams’ past runs for office, the Republican advantage was more than double that. Both maps submitted for Gibson’s consideration by the plaintiffs in the litigation would create a district that favors Democrats — one map with a district leaning toward Democrats by a margin of 8 points, the other with a sizable 17-point Democrat advantage. Without knowing which map will be chosen, it is impossible to know which Republican McAdams may face, assuming he wins the Democratic nomination next year. Candidates for the U.S. House are not required to live in the district in which they run. State Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, previously announced she is also exploring a possible bid for one of the new congressional seats. McAdams is a former state senator, a two-term Salt Lake County mayor and served a single term in Congress. Elected in 2018, he lostin 2020 by about 3,000 votes. After new congressional maps were adopted in 2021 solidifying Republican dominance in all four districts, a rematch was off the table. In 2022, McAdams was active in the effort to have Democrats forego nominating a candidate for U.S. Senate to challenge Republican Mike Lee, instead convincing party delegates to throw their support behind independent candidate Evan McMullin.At a court hearing last month, the expert who drew the Legislature’s proposed map testified that, while the map favors Republicans,PREMIUMExpert witness swears Utah Dems could win a couple of seats under GOP Legislature’s new congressional map
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