Indiana Republicans said Tuesday that lawmakers will meet next month to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map, a reversal that comes after a pressure campaign from the White House and mounting threats to Indiana’s GOP members.
“The issue of redrawing Indiana’s congressional maps mid-cycle has received a lot of attention and is causing strife here in our state,” Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray (R) said in a statement.
“To resolve this issue,” he continued, “the Senate intends to reconvene as part of the regular 2026 session on Dec. 8 and make a final decision that week on any redistricting proposal sent from the House.”
The White House demanded earlier this month that Indiana Republicans call a special session to adopt a new congressional map that would give Republicans all nine of Indiana’s seats in the House, therefore securing the party’s majority in the chamber. Indiana Republicans currently occupy seven of the nine seats.
But despite Trump’s gerrymandering demand – which has been backed by Gov. Mike Braun (R) – Republicans in the state Senate refused to support calling a special session for that purpose. Bray said at the time that after “very serious and thoughtful consideration” of redistricting, he concluded that there were not enough votes to go through with it.
