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 full-court press.”

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.

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