Indiana Senate wont vote on redistricting, defying Trumps push

The Republican leader of the Indiana state Senate announced Friday that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing a lack of support from his members even after months of pressure from the White House.The announcement greatly diminishes the likelihood of redistricting the Midwest state.Indiana is the second Republican state to recently resist the push from President Donald Trump to create new congressional maps that would favor Republican candidates in the 2026 elections.“Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state’s congressional maps,” Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement.

“Today, I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December.”Indiana Republicans, who hold a supermajority in both legislative chambers, have been under pressure to redraw the state’s congressional districts since August.Vice President JD Vance has made two trips to Indianapolis to speak with lawmakers and legislative leaders have met with Trump in the Oval Office.Republicans currently outnumber Democrats in Indiana’s congressional delegation 7-2.Those in favor of redistricting Indiana often point to Democratic states with none or few congressional Republicans as a reason to make Indiana’s map entirely red.While Trump won Indiana by 19 percentage points in the 2024 election, many Indiana Republicans have balked at the idea of gerrymandering.Some said it could backfire politically, while others generally considered it to be unethical.State Sen.

Kyle Walker, a Republican, announced in a statement Thursday that he would not support redistricting, saying the overwhelming majority of his constituents are against it.After Vance’s second visit to Indianapolis, Bray said his caucus did not have the votes for the measure to succeed.Gov.Mike Brau...