President Donald Trump annihilated most of the Indiana Republican legislators who stood against his plan to redraw congressional maps to keep hold of the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the 2026 midterms in the state's May 5 primaries.
Out of the seven GOP incumbents on the ballot who opposed the Hoosier State creating new boundaries for its federal delegation in Washington, only state Sen. Greg Goode prevailed with most other incumbents losing in landslides.
The president's allies spent millions in those usually sleepy state legislative races, underscoring how far the White House is willing to go as GOP-controlled states across the country move rapidly to create new boundaries.
Trump taunted the incumbents ahead of the results in a post on Truth Social, referring to them as "RINOs" or Republicans in name only. That will likely serve as a warning to other GOP legislators thinking about crossing the administration amid a gerrymandering arms race that was supercharged last week by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
Over in Ohio voters also added their stitch to the midterm primary quilt with critical Senate and gubernatorial races looming in November.
