{"id":2520266,"date":"2025-12-11T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-senate-strikes-down-redistricting-bid-dealing-massive-blow-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:56:48","slug":"indiana-senate-strikes-down-redistricting-bid-dealing-massive-blow-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-senate-strikes-down-redistricting-bid-dealing-massive-blow-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Senate strikes down redistricting bid, dealing massive blow to Trump"},"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\">22<\/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-senate-strikes-down-redistricting-bid-dealing-massive-blow-to-trump%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=2520266&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 state senators dealt a important defeat to former President Donald Trump adn his allies by rejecting a mid-decade redistricting bill intended to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional districts to strongly favor republicans. The bill, which would have likely secured GOP advantage in all nine districts, was defeated in the Senate by a 19-31 vote, with opposition coming from both Republicans and Democrats despite intense pressure from Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Governor Mike Braun, and other supporters. The vote was seen as a test of Trump&#8217;s influence in Indiana,a state he has won three times. Trump publicly criticized Senate leader Rodric Bray and threatened primary challenges against Republicans who opposed the plan. the debate included concerns about diluting rural votes, increased burden on county clerks, and potential costly lawsuits. Despite threats and political pressure, the Senate&#8217;s rejection of the bill reflects growing resistance within the party and a complex political landscape as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >redistricting battles continue nationwide ahead<\/a> of the 2026 midterm elections.  <\/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 Senate strikes down redistricting bid despite intense pressure from Trump and allies<\/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_2420526\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\">Indiana<\/a>&nbsp;state senators handed&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;a massive loss on Thursday by&nbsp;failing to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-adjourns-for-second-time-friday-due-to-democratic-absences\/\" title=\"Texas ... adjourns for second time Friday due to Democratic absences\">mid-decade&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a>&nbsp;bill that would redraw the state&rsquo;s congressional lines to give Republicans the advantage in all nine congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;19-31 vote followed months of pressure by the White House,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/speaker-mike-johnson\/\">House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>&nbsp;(R-LA),&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-braun\/\">Gov. Mike Braun<\/a>&nbsp;(R-IN), and their allies.&nbsp;Of the 31 no votes, 21 were from the Republican supermajority and all 10 of the chamber&rsquo;s Democrats.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Senate has adjourned until January 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3914740\/janeese-lewis-george-breaks-dc-campaign-filing-system-massive-fundraising-haul\/\">Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3914650\/defiant-new-jersey-democrat-hits-back-party-boss-andy-kim-plans-2027-run\/\">Defiant NJ Democrat hits back at &#8216;party boss&#8217; Kim and plans 2027 run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3914713\/david-trone-eyes-house-after-failed-maryland-senate-campaign\/\">David Trone eyes his old House seat after failed Maryland Senate run<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and to reject the leadership of President Trump,&rdquo; Braun said in a statement. &ldquo;Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences. I will be working with the President to challenge these people who do not represent the best interests of Hoosiers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold signs outside the Indiana Senate chamber before a vote to redistrict the state&rsquo;s congressional map on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo\/Michael Conroy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The vote in the Indiana Senate was largely viewed as a test of Trump&rsquo;s ultimate power and influence in a state he has won three times. The state House made quick work&nbsp;of it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3908894\/indiana-house-passes-congressional-map-benefit-republicans\/\">last week<\/a>, when it sailed through the House Elections and Apportionment Committee and then passed on the floor. It has not been as easy in the Indiana Senate, where the Senate Elections Committee sat through a six-hour marathon session on Monday in which nearly 130 Hoosiers registered to weigh in on the new map.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Greg Goode, the only Republican senator to host a town hall on the issue, said his constituents were unhappy that they would be drawn into a district with Indianapolis and its suburbs, which would dilute their rural voices.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to the added pressure the new map would place on county clerks and the likelihood of costly lawsuits for the state, warning that the entire redistricting push could backfire on Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Friends, we&rsquo;re better than this. Are we not?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The United States is counting on the state of Indiana.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Civic leaders such as Common Cause Indiana Director Julian Vaughn also tried one last time to sway lawmakers ahead of Thursday&rsquo;s vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we&rsquo;re going to find out if the Republicans in the Indiana Senate stand with Hoosiers or with politicians from Washington D.C.,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The vote today is unprecedented, and the fight waged in our state for the past four months is unprecedented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She added that if senators did not &ldquo;stand up to the bullies who have swatted and threatened them,&rdquo; then that type of behavior would be rewarded and used as a blueprint in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&nbsp;threatened electoral consequences for any Indiana Republican who defied his demand to change the map to boost the GOP headcount for next year&rsquo;s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy Truth Social post Wednesday night, Trump called out Indiana&nbsp;Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray&rsquo;s defiant opposition to the redistricting bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rod Bray and his friends won&rsquo;t be in Politics for long, and I will do everything within my power to make sure that they will not hurt the Republican Party, and our Country, again,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;One of my favorite States, Indiana, will be the only State in the Union to turn the Republican Party down!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He called Bray a &ldquo;bad guy&rdquo; or, at least, a &ldquo;very stupid one,&rdquo; and also claimed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attacks-indiana-republican-before-final-redistricting-vote\/\" title=\"Trump attacks ... before ...\">anti-redistricting state lawmakers<\/a> are the &ldquo;favorite Republicans&rdquo; of Democratic leaders in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance subsequently posted that Bray had told him he &ldquo;wouldn&rsquo;t fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That level of dishonesty cannot be rewarded, and the Indiana GOP needs to choose a side,&rdquo; Vance posted.<\/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\">Rod Bray, the Senate leader in Indiana, has consistently told us he wouldn&#8217;t fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it. That level of dishonesty cannot be rewarded, and the Indiana GOP needs to choose a side. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/63Vg7qkpDg\">https:\/\/t.co\/63Vg7qkpDg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1999188621417419011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 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>Threats of violence against Indiana Republican lawmakers have been widespread since the issue of redistricting was raised. More than a dozen lawmakers or their families have been threatened or doxed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bruising loss, Bruan told reporters last week that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s not over if they don&rsquo;t do it,&rdquo; though he did not indicate what his next steps would be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If&nbsp;Democrats are able to flip the U.S. House, they could render Trump a lame duck during his last two years in office by blocking his legislation and launching congressional investigations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3914481\/trump-attacks-indiana-republican-leader-day-before-final-redistricting-vote\/\">TRUMP ATTACKS INDIANA REPUBLICAN RODRIC BRAY ON DAY BEFORE FINAL REDISTRICTING VOTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That prospect has led Trump to verbally bash and strong-arm senators into voting how he wants them to.<\/p>\n<p>A coast-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-house-democrats-and-protesters-fail-to-stop-gop-redistricting-effort-from-moving-forward\/\" title=\"... ... ... and protesters fail to stop ... ... effort from moving forward\">-coast redistricting fight broke<\/a> out after Trump first publicly&nbsp;called on Texas&nbsp;to redraw its map to give Republicans a five-seat boost heading into the 2026 midterm elections. California countered, passing a ballot measure in November that would redraw its map, giving Democrats the advantage in five GOP-held districts. Republicans in Florida, Ohio, and Missouri followed Texas&rsquo;s lead and passed maps that favored the GOP.<\/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 Senate rejects redistricting bill despite Trump pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2520267,"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\/12\/PROTESTINDIANASENATE.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7006,5894,16985,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2520266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-indiana","tag-politics","tag-redistricting","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PROTESTINDIANASENATE.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520266","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520270,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520266\/revisions\/2520270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}