Only 768 votes separated Congressman Matheson and challenger Mia Love, and according to emails and this story, in the Salt Lake Tribune, if comfortable incumbent Republicans had been less greedy with grabbing high turnout Republican areas during the redistricting process, the sole Democrat Matheson would be packing instead of celebrating a very narrow win.  Republicans apparently also hoarded safe conservative areas in their districts thus reducing the chance that a challenger to Matheson would have an easy path to victory.