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Vance Visits Indiana to Explore Special Session for Congressional Redistricting

His meetings aim to gauge support for an off-cycle redraw that would require Braun’s approval to reconvene the legislature.

FILE - Indiana Governor Mike Braun is joined by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, right, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz during a news conference in Indianapolis, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE -Vice President JD Vance listens as President Donald Trump speaks, Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE - Rep. André Carson, D-Ind., questions witnesses during on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Indianapolis. The proposal for the new Senate election districts released Tuesday comes as the Republican-dominated Legislature intends to give final approval by the end of next week for all of Indiana's congressional and legislative seats.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Overview

  • Vice President JD Vance met Thursday with Gov. Mike Braun and GOP legislative leaders in Indianapolis to explore the possibility of a mid-decade congressional map redraw.
  • Braun described the discussions as exploratory and has made no commitment to authorize a session for off-cycle redistricting.
  • Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly, meaning the legislature could act without Democratic participation if reconvened.
  • Democratic Reps. Frank Mrvan and André Carson are staging protests and preparing Voting Rights Act challenges to oppose any off-cycle redraw.
  • The visit is part of President Trump’s broader effort to pressure GOP-led states into redrawing maps for additional Republican seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.