Indiana State Senate Republicans Reject Redistricting In Rebuke To Trump
Likely costs Republicans two congressional seats in a midterm where two seats could be the difference in control of the House and whether Democrats get to unleash investigations and impeachment.
The national redistricting war will be won by Republicans if Republicans stay unified, because Democrats already have close-to-maxed out their own states.
Texas (Red) and California (Blue) redistricting offset each other. But there are more red states where seats can be gained, and Indiana could net Republicans two seats. Trump pushed very hard for redistricting in Indiana.
Trump calls out Indiana Republicans over Redistricting: “If Republicans will not do what’s necessary to save our Country, they will eventually lose everything to the Democrats.” pic.twitter.com/iW4SKDnYej
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 11, 2025
But that’s not happening.
The Indy Star reports:
The Indiana Senate rejected mid-decade redistricting today, capping off a bitter state fight for control of Congress that has divided the GOP, spurred violent threats and dramatically changed the political landscape ahead of the midterm elections.
The failure will likely be seen by President Donald Trump and his allies as a rebuke of his vision for cementing a congressional majority at all costs. Several groups have promised to spend top dollar on unseating those who oppose redistricting, setting the stage for a messy primary if the Senate did not pass the bill.
If it had succeeded, Indiana will join a handful of other states who have changed their maps mid-decade for political goals, likely eliminating Indiana’s two Democratic congressional seats and fracturing Indianapolis in the process.
Up until the vote, it was unclear what the Senate would choose today, as lawmakers who have shared their stances publicly seemed to be evenly split. The consequences of this vote are likely to reverberate across the state and nation for years to come.
Rod Bray, the Senate leader in Indiana, has consistently told us he wouldn't fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it. That level of dishonesty cannot be rewarded, and the Indiana GOP needs to choose a side. https://t.co/63Vg7qkpDg
— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 11, 2025
Fox News adds more on the missed opportunity:
After months of arm-twisting by the president, top allies and aligned groups, the Indiana Senate voted down a new map championed by Trump that would have created two more right-leaning congressional districts in the solidly red Midwestern state, where the GOP controls seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. House seats.
The districts of Democratic Reps. Frank Mrvan and Andre Carson would have been eliminated.
The vote in the chamber was 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in voting against the new map….
The redistricting bill last week passed the Indiana House 57-41, with a dozen GOP lawmakers voting against the measure. But the stakes were much higher in the state Senate, where the GOP also holds a super majority, and Republican leaders in the chamber had resisted Trump’s efforts to draw new congressional maps.
🚨 BREAKING: The Indiana Senate just rejected the 9-0 congressional map.
Only 19 Republicans voted for it in chamber with a supermajority.
Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/XmgbDICtdL
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 11, 2025
There seems to be a lot of blame:
Redistricting fails in Indiana, and there is a lot of blame to go around.@93wibc https://t.co/i9OEOoaeXf pic.twitter.com/clqY9bxILW
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) December 11, 2025
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Comments
I’m sorry but this would never happen if democrats were in office
I’m sure Soros has a parting gift package for the RINOs
Hoosiers are losers
Two observations. The Senate President is a friend and supporter of Mike Pence. The Indiana Senate is infested with RINO’s. The rino in its natural environment will do anything to screw President Trump.
Personal spite…. party-wide damage. Brilliant… just brilliant. Spoiler alert: Pence went from huge dislike by Dems to honorable…. Pence could have stated prior to J6 of his intention to sign off on election. He held back to release his position letter the morning of J6 so that no one could read it in time. Any accusation of collaboration with the Dems is … um… happy happenstance. If he thinks he can preen his way to a nomination, then good luck.
Comment elsewhere also suggests that the resulting R district would be R+10 instead of R+30, making it more difficult to campaign as a RINO.
I’ll be voting for almost any primary challenger to my state Senator.
Ahh Republicans. Still snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Well certain segments of the GoP for sure. The nice guy, compassionate conservative, country club set, ‘team player’ go along/get along establishment types seem to be very prone to refusing to act decisively, take vigorous actions or do much whenever their establishment d/prog ‘friends’ might call them names or not invite them to the backroom cocktail party where the power brokers divvy up the local pie.
You’re basically talking about the Bush and Chamber of Commerce set. Also interesting enough, the McCains and McConnells. These people cause never ending problems and I’m not even a Republican because they value their own goals which are different from Republican stated goals.
The Senate leader has spent most of his life in politics. His father was as well. These guys are career patronage sponges. They do deals to make money and put their family and friends on the public payroll.
Yep. For this type of politician the name of the game is don’t rock the boat b/c it might impact their grift.
There are no kings but there sure are plenty of political family’s. In general I’m against term limits but consider the lack of intelligence of the electorate and the problems it causes I think I’m all for it now. The founding fathers probably weren’t in favor of it because they restricted who could vote (and still there were problems). We’ve undone those restrictions and look what’s happened.
Yea along with every elected official or person of influence who keeps trying to apply solutions from the Reagan era, literally applying 20th cent bandaids on 21st century wounds. To be fair had there been follow through on implementing the full scope of Reagan domestic policies many of the current domestic issues would have been resolved. Instead, the timidity of these same sorts of GoP establishment types didn’t allow follow through 4 decades ago so the wounds worsened and turned septic, now they want to use the far too late policy ideas of the ’80s when we’re at the point of amputation or death.
And yet it’s Donald Trump who owns country clubs. The irony.
Stupid Hoosiers.
Hoosier here. I’m sorry you feel that way, but, unfortunately, I can’t think of a rebuttal.
Another Hoosier here, and I agree. This short-sighted decision could be part of what costs the GOP any measure of control or even checks and balances for decades.
If Dems win and control everything in three years, they’ll stack SCOTUS with so many left-leaning activists that voting rules will change nationwide, and we’ll be stuck with Dems running the federal government for the rest of many of our lifetimes.
FDR, prior to blocking Japanese supply lines, an act of war, knowing it would provoke the “surprise” attack on Pearl Harbor:
“As I have said and will say again and again and again, your sons will not be sent into any foreign war.”
Rod Bray, the Senate leader in Indiana, has consistently told us he wouldn’t fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it.
Lies and RINOs and demonrats are longtime buddies.
The uniparty exists.
Republicans in congress also voted (231 – 195) with Dems to stop Trump’s EO ending collective bargaining rights for 2/3s of the federal work force. Their continued refusal to end the filibuster so some Trump appointments, especially in the judiciary, can get through is another example of their fecklessness. Like most of us, I have my issues with DJT. But these Pence-Romney pearl clutching Republicans need to go.
The Ds and the Rs basically have the same goals: protect the bureaucracy, line their own pockets, and manage the destruction of this country.
If you want a metaphor: we’re hurtling towards the edge of a cliff – Ds have pedal to the metal while Rs are at 75% throttle and pretending to pull the emergency brake.
Another instance of R’s being their own worst enemy.
I say send all the Somalis and their machine to Indiana.
Republicans in Indiana it is time to primary the ones that did not redistrict the state. It is clear they are not true Republicans and do not care for you.
If you want to win the game you have to play the game. RINO’s=pussies.
Apparently, the Republicans do NOT have a supermajority in the Indiana legislature.
It looks ALOT like the Democrats do..
The twenty one ‘republicans’ didn’t need Democrat help in consigning Indiana to the sewer. The Dems were just the rancid icing on the fecal cake..
Get rid of them.
The same is true for other states. Texas is an example. The Texas House GOPe representatives combine with the Dems to elect a Speaker who is hostile to many conservative/populist policies. They also appoint Dems to head committees. The bottom line is that even with a huge advantage in numbers the GOP doesn’t pass the policies they campaigned on.
Take a chapter out of soro’s playbook and find mean, nasty prosecutors who will go after corruption. Make the politicians fear the voters again.
Can someone explain exactly what has gone so wrong over at the National Review?
They’re treating this as if it’s a loss for Trump, and not the right.
Because they like most establishment Republicans oppose Trump polices. They are pro forever wars because it is good for big business, pro mass migration because it is good for big business, pro huge bureaucratic government repeat reason. The GOPe does usually support lower taxes but that is one of the few areas where they agree with populists and conservatives.
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Not a rebuke to Trump. A rebuke to Americans that want the communists stopped.