Overview
- Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced there are not enough Republican votes to reconsider congressional maps, so the chamber will not reconvene in December.
- Trump used Truth Social to call out Bray and Sen. Greg Goode, criticized Gov. Mike Braun’s effort to rally votes, and urged primary challenges for Republicans who oppose a redraw.
- The move was reported as the first formal rejection of Trump’s redistricting push by a Republican‑led state, frustrating claims the state could net up to two additional GOP House seats.
- Months of lobbying by Trump’s team included Vice President J.D. Vance’s trips to Indianapolis, but public opposition and a divided Senate GOP caucus helped stall the bid.
- Indiana’s setback comes during a broader map fight that includes GOP redraws in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, Democrats’ California Proposition 50 facing a DOJ lawsuit, and tight 2026 timelines that constrain new maps.