Indiana group advocates for election reforms, including eliminating straight-ticket voting, to support independent candidates and improve competitiveness.
Indiana Republicans resisted the call by President Trump for redistricting. He and the state's Republican governor threatened to back primary challenges against senators who wouldn't get on board.
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.
It's decision day in red state Indiana, as the state Senate votes on congressional redistricting championed by President Trump. The new map would create two more GOP-dominated U.S. House districts.
Indiana's redistricting bill passed its first hurdle in the Senate Monday. Why it matters: It's still unclear if Republicans in that chamber have the votes to pass House Bill 1032, which would give the GOP an advantage in all nine of Indiana's congressional districts and fan the flames of the national redistricting war.
Indiana’s redistricting bill advanced out of the Senate Elections Committee Monday evening in a 6-3 vote, with one Republican committee member voting against the bill.