Hot on the heels of Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court 6-3 decision allowing Texas to use its Republican-drawn congressional for the 2026 midterm elections – RedState's resident legal eagle, Susie Moore, breaks down that decision here – comes word that Republicans in the Indiana House have finally drawn up their own redistricting plan, and it could net the GOP two new congressional seats.
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The new map passed Friday by a vote of 57-41 and now heads for a Monday vote in the state Senate, where it's expected to meet with resistance. And much of that resistance will come from Republicans.
BREAKING: Indiana House approves a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats, setting up a clash over the redistricting effort pushed by President Trump in the state Senate. https://t.co/sKVVOMXlWq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2025
As we've previously reported, Indiana Republicans threw a wrench into President Trump's plan to shore up seats for his party ahead of the midterms when they canceled a special legislative redistricting session that had been planned for December 1, claiming they didn't have the votes to advance a redrawn map. That news was met with fierce blowback from the president's allies, with some of them threatening to primary any Republican who didn't vote for a new map and calling it "a monumental betrayal" of President Trump by the Indiana GOP.
The president himself weighed in on the matter by Truthing his thoughts, as reported by our Rusty Weiss:
"Very disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans, led by RINO Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode, for not wanting to redistrict their State, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media platform.
Trump added:
"Because of these two politically correct type 'gentlemen,' and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House," Trump said, noting that in a highly contentious midterm race to control Congress, it amounts to "a very big deal!"
"California is trying to pick up five seats, and no one is complaining about that," he continued. "It’s weak 'Republicans' that cause our Country such problems — It’s why we have crazy Policies and Ideas that are so bad for America."
As it stands, Democrats currently only hold two of Indiana's nine congressional districts. The new map would break up these two districts, essentially making it impossible for the Democrat incumbents, Reps. André Carson (IN-07) and Frank Mrvan (IN-01), from being reelected. Those two seats would help Republicans retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives; the GOP currently enjoys a quite-fragile 220-213 majority.
12 Republicans in the State House voted against the new 9-0 R Indiana congressional map
— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) December 5, 2025
1 Democrat and 1 Republican didn’t vote
Now goes to the State Senate on Monday https://t.co/WsXG64FJOl pic.twitter.com/ErgLfFuXcI
Interestingly, the new Indiana congressional map was apparently drawn up by the National Republican Redistricting Trust, the same group that redrew the Texas map. Democrats, needless to say, aren't best pleased about the new map, with IN House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta remarking, "This is a direct attack on the system, but more importantly, it’s a blatant tell that you don’t care what Hoosiers want."
Republican leaders in the Indiana state Senate still maintain that they don't have the votes to pass the redrawn map, so this fight isn't over yet.
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