On October 10, 2025, Vice President JD Vance met in Indianapolis with Republican state legislators to discuss the "pros and cons" of redistricting.[3]
Proposed legislation
A bill passed by the State House sought to amend Indiana's congressional districts to foster in more Republican support. The legislation, which was passed by the House on December 5, 2025,[4]cracked Indiana's 1st and 7th districts. The 7th, which includes Indianapolis, was split between four different districts in the proposed map.[5]
The proposal ran into strong opposition in the Republican-supermajoritySenate, with over a dozen Republican Senators voicing opposition to the move ahead of the vote. In an attempt to pressure holdouts to vote in favor of redrawing the map, Trump vowed to back primary challengers to all Republicans who vote against it.[7] Independent of these actions, a number of Senators were targets of threats of violence against them ahead of the vote, including bomb threats and swatting calls.[8] The bill failed on December 11, 2025, after opposition votes came from 21 Republicans and all 10 Democrats.[9]
With the bill's failure, Indiana's congressional map will remain the same for the 2026 elections, allowing both incumbent Democratic congressmen much easier paths to re-election. Republican governorMike Braun has vowed to assist Trump in primarying the Republican Senators who voted against redistricting in the 2026 and 2028 primaries.[10]
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