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Every Democrat in Utah's 1st District primary—plus the Republican—supports the Rio Grande Plan.
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Frontrunner passes a Union Pacific train near North Temple Station in April of 2025. Benjamin Wood In Utah's newly-redrawn 1st District, Democratic voters see a rare opportunity to elevate progressive priorities on the state's Republican-dominated congressional delegation.
But with the district's boundaries contained within Salt Lake County, nonpartisan community groups also see the potential for a new, Wasatch Front-focused congressperson to push for otherwise ignored strategies around urban housing, land use and transportation.
Among those stakeholders is Friends of the Rio Grande Depot,…
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