Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats

An Indiana Senate panel on Monday approved legislation to redraw congressional district maps that are expected to give Republicans two additional seats in the U.S. House of…

Trump and the GOP mounted an immense pressure campaign in Indiana as they try to make the congressional map more favorable before the 2026 midterms.

The move came after months of pressure by the US president to give Republicans an advantage in two new seats.

After two months of pressure and violent threats, Republican state senators voted against Trump's effort to eliminate two House seats held by Democrats.

The Midwestern state bucks a nationwide trend to embrace more partisan-leaning maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats

The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a plan by Republicans to redraw the state's congressional district map to favor the GOP.

The humiliating rejection for Trump came after he put the full weight of the White House and Republican Party apparatus to bear on the state Senate.

The president brushed off the defeat, saying he “wasn’t working on it very hard." But the White House had spent months engaged in what Republican Sen. Andy Zay described as “a…