Braun will call for the Indiana General Assembly to convene on Nov. 3.

“I am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair,” he said in a statement.

Indiana Republicans in the state legislature have been hesitant about wading into the mid-decade redistricting battle, but the state’s Republican leaders have held numerous discussions with the White House on the topic.

Vice President JD Vance visited Indianapolis twice to try to convince lawmakers to enact a new congressional map, just as Texas and Missouri have done on the Republican side. Indiana lawmakers traveled to the White House for discussions with President Donald Trump, who has been leading the redistricting push.

Indiana’s congressional delegation in the House is comprised of seven Republicans and two Democrats. A new state map approved by the GOP would aim to eliminate the blue seats.

“The GOP’s ploy to gerrymander itself into power ahead of the 2026 midterms continues to intensify across the country, with Indiana becoming the latest to join the ranks. As state Republicans’ attacks on voters expand, Democrats must meet Republicans’ might and fight back to preserve democracy,” Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Heather Williams said in a statement after the news broke. “The DLCC has called on Democratic state leaders to use all immediate options to push back on Republicans – including mid-cycle redistricting – as we build more durable Democratic majorities.  We must fund winning crucial battleground chambers to position Democrats for redistricting parity by the end of the decade.”

The Republican Party is trying to maintain control of the House by gaining more seats, while the Democratic Party is looking to regain control of the lower chamber in Congress.

After entering the redistricting war last week, Virginia Democrats are set to convene on Monday for a special session in the state legislature. Democrats have less opportunity to redistrict states in their favor as some states, such as Massachussetts, only have Democratic representatives. Other blue states have implemented checks on gerrymandering powers by mandating commissions be the ones to redraw maps rather than legislatures.

DEMOCRATS TRY TO KEEP UP WITH REPUBLICANS IN NATIONAL REDISTRICTING WAR

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is also set to visit Illinois to discuss proposals with the Legislative Black Caucus for redrawing the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats.

Meanwhile, California is slated to bring up redistricting in next week’s special election that allows voters to decide whether the state’s map gets redrawn.