Overview
- Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said there are not enough votes to redraw Indiana’s congressional map, so the chamber will not reconvene in December.
- The decision rebuffs a push from President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, as Gov. Mike Braun had urged lawmakers to meet for a special session on new lines.
- Without a December vote, the odds of enacting new districts before the 2026 races drop sharply given a regular session starting in January and early February candidate filing deadlines.
- Republicans hold seven of nine U.S. House seats in Indiana, and proponents had eyed the Democratic-held 1st District in northwest Indiana and the 7th District in Indianapolis for potential GOP gains.
- Indiana’s standstill mirrors a broader redistricting fight in which GOP-led states such as Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio advanced new maps while others, including Kansas, Nebraska and New Hampshire, resisted or paused, as Democrats pursued countermeasures in places like California and Virginia.