Indiana: Six Candidates Backed by Trump Defeat Senators Who Voted Against Redistricting
I guess their constituents wanted these senators to vote yes to redraw the Congressional map. Maybe, just maybe, listen to the people you represent.
When you’re voted into office, whether at the local, state, or federal level, you’re there to represent the people in your district or state.
It’s not about you.
Six Republican Indiana Senate incumbents learned the hard way on Tuesday night when they lost their primary.
All six voted against redrawing Indiana’s Congressional map:
- James Buck (District 21)
- Spencer Deery (District 23)
- Dan Dernulc (District 1)
- Greg Goode (District 38)
- Travis Holdman (District 19)
- Rick Niemeyer (District 6)
- Linda Rogers (District 11)
- Greg Walker (District 41)
President Donald Trump vowed to unseat those who voted no.
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
In all honesty, I wonder how much Trump’s endorsement had to do with the wins. It wouldn’t shock me if the voters chose the challengers because their senators didn’t listen to them.
The Indiana House voted to pass the new map, 57-41.
It should have passed the Senate, which has a Republican supermajority.
But the Senate rejected the map, 31-19, after 21 Republicans voted with the Democrats.
In December, Deery insisted, “Living in a free constitutional republic means we empower voters to make those decisions.”
Well, it seems like your constituents, the voters, wanted you to vote to redraw the map.
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when your boss wants you to do something and you dont do it…
often times the boss fires you.
this was a lesson … I hope everyone
is paying attention.
Trump’s not their boss. I despise what the Dems have become, but if I lived in one of those districts I’d be tempted to cast a D vote in the general election.
You’re right, Trump is not their boss, the people in their districts are. That’s who fired them.
I live in WA-4. Trump targeted Newhouse, and we kept him.
Wa is lost
Believe me, I agree. But WA-4 isn’t.
The voters in the district are the boss–not the POTUS. They wanted redistricting and didn’t get it. People like you, who vote based on petulance instead of what is good for the district, state, and nation are a significant problem.
People cast votes for all kinds of reasons. I wrote that I would be “tempted” to vote for the Dem in the general, but once I looked at their positions on the issues, their qualifications, and their record, I doubt I’d do it. Not many Ds left that I could vote for, even in symbolic protest.
So many posts below did not understand that you did not literally mean Trump was their “boss.”
Yawn.
But that’s what he wrote. As far as I’m concerned, no matter how much I agree with his actions or those of any other elected official, they are never, ever my boss, or the boss of other elected officials. Democrats tend to think that way, but never me.
No, that’s not what he wrote. The voters are the boss, and it was they who fired these legislators. Trump asked them to, but it was their decision.
I once heard a state representative from Rhode Island [D] on the radio saying he didn’t care how many letters he got or phone calls. He got elected because of his views. He would determine what was good or bad, right or wrong, and didn’t care what some phone callers or letter writers wanted him to do.
This state is a sewer., just like California.
Representatives represent those who buy them, Period.
Whoever said politicians should have to wear suits like NASCAR, drivers, with their sponsors plastered all over them so we knew who we were voting for wasn’t wrong.
I’m willing to cut a Rep some slack for novel situations and ones where timely action is necessary, as well as not flip-flopping on long-held and clearly stated views
This doesn’t appear to have fallen into those categories
I distinctly remember a discussion in high school (perhaps even grade school) about whether a representative is elected as a mere conduit, an agent to the voters’ transitory impulses; or whether he is elected by the people due them preferring his positions on policies, to which he should persevere because the voters voted in favor of those opinions. As I recall, there was no clear conclusion, only an awareness that those were two conflicting models of representation and you should be sure to understand which one the people on your ballot line favor.
That is correct, and how legislators are supposed to work. See Edmund Burke’s speech to his constituents. He’s considered the founder of the conservative movement. On the other hand, his constituents didn’t reelect him…
now double down on the gop who will verify legit votes are being counted and how they are being counted especially in “expected loss” cities where they will continue to pad the numbers so their agenda of
the only thing that counts for the win should be the popular vote,, agenda, can be stopped/slowed down
that and their tricky rcv and mail in ballots is creating the perfect by passing of the voters that they are always screaming that maga is trying to take away while they actually do so and succeed at it
Try again, but coherently next time.
the post was only for those with IQ’s over 40
The Indy Star attributed the blame everything but the Senators voting against the will of the people. We cannot hate the media enough.
It may not be possible to hate the media enough, but one should keep trying.
Don’t get cocky. These candidates won their primaries. They still have to win the general. It’s unlikely the dems will win, but it is possible.
I’m still not tired of winning though…
Don’t minimize Trumps influence here.
It was a big win for him
Pence was behind the senators voting against the will of the people
Greasing the greasy palms of the easily bought
These were overwhelming primary victories—most winning with at least 56% of the vote—which suggests that for the Republican base, loyalty to Trump’s agenda outweighed the other issues.
Don’t forget the Pence Factor. Pence backed the losers.
Good point. Pence backing someone is a rebuttable presumption that you don’t want him/ her.
Pence is krypytonite. Getting an endorsement from Pence is like campaigning with Benedict Arnold.
He didn’t just back them. A couple of them admitted that Pence was behind the whole refusal to redistrict.
They were stupid enough to think Pence would ‘protect’ them.
Seven of the eight victories were by wide margins. One of them was by 4 votes out of 12,666.
A bunch of them admitted Pence was behind it.
These RINO morons were stupid enough to think Pence’s ‘protection’ meant they could ignore the voters.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Apart from being POS RINO scum, most of them have been in Indiana government for 15+ years.
Good riddance to the fossils.
Even in a void where you know absolutely nothing about the history or these particular candidates, Pelosi and Bootyjudger were out whining about them losing.
That tells you absolutely EVERYTHING you need to know about these RINO scumbags and what they stood for.
We need more willingness to get rid of old guard, establishment types aka rinos in favor of lawmakers who better represent the policy preferences of the electorate. It’s one thing if official reps a blue/purple District/State; we can’t reasonably expect them to vote as a rep from a deep red State/District would do, Massachusetts ain’t Mississippi and the composition of the electorate are far different.
Good, always good to see a bunch of traitors lose their offices.
Trying to do the math with the data presented here is unsatisfying.
21 Republicans voted “wrong,”
Six got primaried out.
How many of those 21 were up for election this year?
Were any of those 21 who were up this year NOT primaried out?
Only 8 were up for reelection, Trump endorsed candidates against 7 of them, and of those 7, six won.
I know this is late but I am sorry to say I really can’t care about a vast majority of redistricting debates, with a few notable exceptions like Virginia this “go from 7 solid _______ and 4 solid _______ districts lets go to 8 likely ______ and 3 likely ______ districts” is a typical one that is on a repeat loop, arguments for and against are interchangeable with last time and lets be blunt the chance any of it actually makes a difference in who controls congress is pretty low.
Who controls school boards, what we are doing to end the rot in higher education, trying to get more conservative businessmen to understand how important the rise of ai is……
Those are urgent issues that shape perception of the world today and what the next generation will believe in. Every state house that is districting think they have come up with something brilliant. It is always a moment in the press followed by everyone forgetting it and it doesn’t actually impact control of congress so always fails to deliver.
Not mentioned: The State Senators that got primaried out were all Pence allies.
The Bush/McCain/Romney/Pence milquetoast ‘country club’ wing of the Republican Party are dinosaurs. R voters have little tolerance for them anymore – now that we’ve seen what happens when we elect representatives that actually fight and move the ball for us on major issues.