{"id":2503403,"date":"2025-10-27T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-governor-calls-special-legislative-session-for-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:21:36","slug":"indiana-governor-calls-special-legislative-session-for-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-governor-calls-special-legislative-session-for-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana governor calls special legislative session for redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-governor-calls-special-legislative-session-for-redistricting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Indiana Governor mike Braun has announced he will call a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">special legislative session<\/a> on November 3rd for the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly to address redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.Braun emphasized the need to protect Indiana residents&#8217; congressional representation and ensure fairness, amidst efforts in other states that might diminish their influence. even though some Indiana Republicans have been hesitant about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-redistricting-lawsuit-could-cost-congressional-republicans-up-to-six-house-seats\/\" title=\"NY ... Lawsuit May Result in GOP Losing Six ... Seats\">mid-decade redistricting<\/a>, state leaders have engaged in discussions with the White House, including visits from Vice President JD Vance and meetings with former President Donald Trump, who is leading efforts to redraw favorable congressional maps. The GOP aims to maintain control of the U.S. House by eliminating Democratic seats in Indiana. Simultaneously occurring, Democrats criticize these moves as an attempt at gerrymandering and are seeking to counteract Republican efforts nationally by strengthening their position in other states that have more checks on redistricting power. Other states like Virginia and California are also taking steps to address redistricting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instead-of-showing-up-to-work-texas-democrats-grab-some-miller-lites-and-go-on-maskless-flight-to-save-democracy-from-big-bad-republicans\/\" title=\"Instead Of Showing Up To Work, Texas ... Grab Some Miller Lites And Go On Maskless Flight To Save Democracy From Big Bad ...s\">special legislative sessions<\/a> or voter-approved measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Indiana governor calls special legislative session for redistricting next week<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2375872\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-braun\/\">Mike Braun<\/a> (R-IN) announced on Monday that he will sign a proclamation to call a special legislative session in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\">Indiana<\/a>&lsquo;s Republican-controlled legislature on the topic of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Republican and Democratic states move to redraw their respective congressional maps ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3864734\/watch-live-mike-johnson-hold-a-press-conference\/\">WATCH LIVE: Mike Johnson holds a press conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3863246\/hakeem-jeffries-endorses-zohran-mamdani-months-pressure\/\">Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani after months of pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3862979\/jack-smith-testimony-before-congress-public\/\">Jack Smith asks for testimony before Congress to be public<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Braun will call for the Indiana General Assembly to convene on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <\/p>\n<p>I am also asking the legislature to conform Indiana&#8217;s tax code with new federal tax&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WXFrIqRQPH\">pic.twitter.com\/WXFrIqRQPH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovBraun\/status\/1982798773148438892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Indiana Republicans in the state legislature have been hesitant about wading into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-and-california-battle-over-redistricting-advantages\/\" title=\"Texas and California battle over ... advantages\">mid-decade redistricting battle<\/a>, but the state&rsquo;s Republican leaders have held numerous discussions with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> 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 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who has been leading the redistricting push.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The GOP&rsquo;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&rsquo; attacks on voters expand, Democrats must meet Republicans&rsquo; might and fight back to preserve democracy,&rdquo; Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Heather Williams said in a statement after the news broke. &ldquo;The DLCC has called on Democratic state leaders to use all immediate options to push back on Republicans &ndash; including mid-cycle redistricting &ndash; as we build more durable Democratic majorities.&nbsp; We must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fund winning crucial battleground chambers<\/a> to position Democrats for redistricting parity by the end of the decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party is trying to maintain control of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\">House<\/a> by gaining more seats, while the Democratic Party is looking to regain control of the lower chamber in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>After <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3861690\/virginia-democrats-redistricting-fight-plan-counter-trump-agenda\/\">entering the redistricting war<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3863824\/democrats-try-to-keep-up-with-republicans-in-national-redistricting-war\/\">DEMOCRATS TRY TO KEEP UP WITH REPUBLICANS IN NATIONAL REDISTRICTING WAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) is also set to visit Illinois to discuss proposals with the Legislative Black Caucus for redrawing the state&rsquo;s congressional map in favor of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, California is slated to bring up redistricting in next week&rsquo;s special election that allows voters to decide whether the state&rsquo;s map gets redrawn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana governor calls special session next week on redistricting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2503404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25300476021154.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4173,7006,4762,16985,41627],"class_list":["post-2503403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-governor","tag-indiana","tag-legislation","tag-redistricting","tag-special-session"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25300476021154.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503407,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503403\/revisions\/2503407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}