Indiana Republicans Defy Trump and Kill Map to Wipe Out Democrats
A GOP-led Senate in one of the nation’s reddest states rejected a mid-cycle congressional map that was intended to protect Republican control in the House in 2026.
By Brian Daitzman
Indiana senators rejected a Trump-backed mid-decade House map after a “full-court press,” as lawmakers reported threats and a pipe-bomb hoax, and the plan would have erased two Democratic seats.
Indiana’s Republican-led Senate voted Thursday to reject a Trump-backed mid-decade congressional map, halting an effort to redraw Indiana’s nine U.S. House districts ahead of the 2026 midterms, according to The Associated Press and The Washington Post.
The bill failed 31 to 19, and the Associated Press described cheers and shouted thanks inside the chamber after the vote. The same reporting said the debate was shadowed by threats and the possibility of violence.
Redistricting typically follows the decennial census, when states use population tabulations the U.S. Census Bureau provides under Public Law 94-171, and most states rely primarily on legislatures to draw congressional lines, according to the Census Bureau and the Congressional Research Service.
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