How the Navajo Nation won a hard-earned political voice in Utah
New districts were adopted just in time for the 2018 midterm elections and could impact November’s election
This story was published in collaboration with the Navajo Times
Driving south from Moab, the desert gives way to rolling piñon and juniper forest interspersed with farm fields and pastures. The two towns, Monticello and Blanding, are plaited neatly on the “Mormon grid”, streets running exactly north-south and east-west, with equal-size blocks in between. The homes are modest but neat and well kept. Most of the people are white, descendants of Mormon pioneers who settled here in the late 19th century. They vote mostly Republican.
