{"id":2510754,"date":"2025-11-14T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-relent-on-redistricting-effort\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:48:43","slug":"indiana-republicans-relent-on-redistricting-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-relent-on-redistricting-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Republicans relent on redistricting effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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-republicans-relent-on-redistricting-effort%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=2510754&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>The Indiana senate has decided not to hold a vote this year on redrawing the state&#8217;s congressional map, effectively ending efforts to create a new Republican-favored district map. Despite pressure from the White House and visits from Vice President JD Vance to encourage redistricting aligned with the Trump administration&#8217;s agenda, the Senate lacked sufficient votes to proceed.Governor Mike Braun expressed disappointment and urged senators to reconsider. The current map includes nine House seats, with two held by Democrats that Republicans hoped to flip through redistricting. Though, strong opposition from constituents influenced several Republican senators to vote against the proposal. indiana joins Kansas, Nebraska, and New Hampshire as states where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><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 ...\">mid-decade redistricting<\/a> efforts<\/a> have stalled despite administration pressure. Democrats welcomed the decision, emphasizing that focus should remain on serving Hoosiers rather than pursuing partisan map changes.  <\/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 Republicans relent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">redistricting effort<\/a><\/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_2401893\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\">Indiana<\/a> Senate will not vote this year on whether to redraw the state&rsquo;s congressional map, ending hopes for a new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\">GOP<\/a>-favored map.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana has been one of several states swept into the nationwide mid-decade <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a> effort, but despite prodding from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>, the Hoosier state will not change its map. The state&rsquo;s Senate was expected to meet on Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3887344\/california-trump-treating-order-allowing-national-guard-deployment-blank-check\/\">California claims Trump treating order allowing National Guard deployment as &#8216;blank check&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3887443\/massachusetts-weighs-democrat-mark-cusack-backed-bill-scale-back-climate-goals\/\">Massachusetts weighs Democrat-backed bill that would scale back climate goals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3887872\/eric-swalwell-california-governor-race\/\">Eric Swalwell considers jumping into California&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-california-senate-leader-drops-out-of-crowded-governors-race\/\" title=\"Former California ... leader drops out of crowded governor&#039;s race\">crowded governor&#8217;<\/a>s race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state&rsquo;s congressional maps,&rdquo; Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/11\/14\/indiana-redistricting-trump-vance-00652288?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it\"> said in a statement,<\/a> after conducting a private test vote on Friday afternoon with his caucus. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I&rsquo;m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-braun\/\">Mike Braun<\/a> (R-IN) previously called on the chamber to hold a special session. He expressed his displeasure with his state&rsquo;s Senate on their decision and said they should hold a session anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our state senators need to do the right thing and show up to vote for fair maps,&rdquo; Braun said in a statement. &ldquo;Hoosiers deserve to know where their elected officials stand on important issues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indiana has nine House seats, two of which are held by Democratic Reps. Frank Mrvan and Andre Carson. While Indiana House Republicans reportedly had the votes to redraw the map in a way that would likely flip the two opposition seats red, the Indiana Senate did not.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state Sen. Kyle Walker was one of the Republican members in opposition, saying most of his constituents were opposed to mid-decade redistricting. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve spent the past several months listening closely to my constituents on mid-decade redistricting,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/indianacapitalchronicle.com\/2025\/11\/14\/republican-senator-nixes-indiana-redistricting-despite-high-party-ties\/\">Walker said<\/a>. &ldquo;With 93% opposed, and as their voice in the Indiana Senate, I&rsquo;ll be voting no.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/indianapolis\/2025\/11\/14\/indiana-lawmakers-cancel-redistricting-session-senate-doesnt-have-votes\">At least eight <\/a>Indiana Senate Republicans were opposed out of the 40-member caucus. Republicans needed 25 votes to approve the map.<\/p>\n<p>The redistricting failure in Indiana this year comes after Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> visited the state twice to pressure Republican lawmakers to follow the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration&rsquo;s<\/a> agenda. Republican lawmakers in states like Texas had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3787726\/abbott-signs-new-texas-congressional-map-law\/\">successfully passed<\/a> new Republican-favored maps.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana is the fourth state, per <em>Politico<\/em>, where redistricting efforts have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/11\/14\/indiana-redistricting-trump-vance-00652288?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it\">stalled despite pressure<\/a> from the administration. The others are Kansas, Nebraska, and New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3842855\/jd-vance-second-meeting-indiana-republicans-redistricting-effort\/\">VANCE TO MEET WITH INDIANA REPUBLICANS FOR SECOND TIME IN REDISTRICTING EFFORT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Democrats celebrated the prospect of keeping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-the-matter-with-wisconsin\/\" title=\"What&#039;s the Matter With Wisconsin?\">current congressional maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This should have never been considered,&rdquo; Indiana Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder said in a statement. &ldquo;Now that this reckless idea has collapsed, our focus can return to where it should have been all along: Hoosiers.&rdquo;<\/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 GOP halts redistricting; Senate won&#8217;t vote this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510755,"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\/11\/r-bray.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7006,4762,5894,16985,3756],"class_list":["post-2510754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-indiana","tag-legislation","tag-politics","tag-redistricting","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/r-bray.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510754","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510758,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510754\/revisions\/2510758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}