Overview
- Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said Republicans lack the votes to redraw congressional districts, so the chamber will not reconvene in December.
- President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance had lobbied Indiana lawmakers for new lines, and Gov. Mike Braun urged senators to meet anyway to show where they stand.
- The move sharply reduces the odds of any new Indiana map before the early‑February candidate filing deadline cited by state officials and the Associated Press.
- Elsewhere in the GOP effort, new maps in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio have been adopted, though Texas’ plan faces a lawsuit before a three‑judge federal panel in El Paso after sweeping changes to Houston‑area districts drew ‘cracking and packing’ claims.
- In a countertrend, Maryland Republican lawmakers announced the Fair Districts for Maryland Act to ban midcycle congressional remaps as Democratic Gov. Wes Moore pursues a review that could target the state’s lone GOP‑held seat.