Overview
- Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said Republicans lacked the votes to reopen Indiana’s congressional map, confirming the chamber will not reconvene in December.
- President Donald Trump named Bray and Sen. Greg Goode as “RINOs,” warned that Republicans opposing a redraw should be primaried, and criticized Gov. Mike Braun for not securing votes.
- The White House push included two trips by Vice President J.D. Vance and meetings with legislative leaders, while pro-redistricting groups pressed for a map that could add up to two GOP-leaning seats to the current 7–2 delegation.
- Lawmakers are set to return in January, but an early February candidate filing deadline and public polling showing roughly two-to-one opposition complicate any mid-decade remap.
- Indiana’s dispute fits a broader national fight, with GOP-led efforts in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, Democratic moves in California after voters approved Proposition 50 as the DOJ sues over it, and a court-ordered map benefiting Democrats in Utah.