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# Karianne Lisonbee challenges Blake Moore in 2nd Congressional District redistricting rumble
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/karianne-lisonbee-challenges-blake-moore-in-2nd-congressional-district-redistricting-rumble/
- Published: 2026-03-10T17:32:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-10T17:32:55.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Elections, Republican Party

[As first reported by Utah Political Watch last week](https://utahpolitics.news/sorting-out-the-utah-gop-congressional-field-lisonbee-preps-a-run-while-maloy-moves-to-signatures/), Utah state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, is jumping into the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary, taking aim at Rep. Blake Moore over his role in Utah’s anti‑gerrymandering fight.

She announced her bid on social media Tuesday.

> Today I announced I’m running for Congress in Utah's 2nd District. Northern Utah deserves a representative who fights for our conservative values.  
>  
> Join me.[https://t.co/3I4iW3znzz](https://t.co/3I4iW3znzz?ref=utahpolitics.news)
> 
> — Karianne Lisonbee (@KariLisonbee) [March 10, 2026](https://twitter.com/KariLisonbee/status/2031391721637163210?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=utahpolitics.news)

As expected, Lisonbee is attacking Moore for his work with Better Boundaries on Prop. 4, the 2018 ballot initiative that created an independent redistricting commission in Utah. A judge ruled last August that the GOP‑controlled legislature unconstitutionally repealed Prop. 4\. That ruling also tossed out the congressional map and put a new one in place that creates a Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County.

“By siding with the radical left, Blake Moore not only put a Republican majority at risk but the entire Trump agenda,” she told [the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/us-news/top-house-republican-faces-primary-revolt-over-utah-redistricting-doing-more-to-make-hakeem-jeffries-speaker/?utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter&utm%5Fcampaign=nypost). 

“He (Moore) worked with the Democrat establishment to take power away from the people’s elected representatives and put it in the hands of activist judges.”

Moore, a member of House GOP leadership, starts with a towering cash advantage. His latest filings show [$2.2 million cash on hand](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00738872/1940609/?ref=utahpolitics.news) in his campaign account; his [Expect More leadership PAC](https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00757922?ref=utahpolitics.news) holds just over $17,000, and his [Team Moore joint fundraising committee](https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00757930/?ref=utahpolitics.news) has about $22,000 available.

As of Tuesday morning, Lisonbee has not yet filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.

This is the fourth straight cycle Moore has drawn a Republican challenger; he’s been forced into a primary every time he’s been on the ballot.

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