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Indiana Senate Panel Advances Trump-Backed Map, Setting Up Contentious Floor Vote

Trump’s pressure campaign now meets a decisive test in Indiana following the Supreme Court’s Texas ruling.

Indiana State Capitol Building.
Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians, stands alongside boxes of petition signatures submitted Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, to the secretary of state's office in Jefferson City, Mo. calling for a referendum election on new U.S. House districts approved by the Missouri legislature. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
FILE - Newly inaugurated Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek unveils her first budget proposal as governor at the State Library of Oregon in Salem on Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)
People gather at the Missouri statehouse in Jefferson City on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, to protest the legislature's efforts to change the state's congressional district maps. The proposed change would divide Kansas City into districts that would include vast rural areas of the state.

Overview

  • Indiana’s Senate Elections Committee advanced HB 1032 on a 6–3 vote, sending a congressional map designed to add two GOP seats to the full Senate for a vote expected Thursday.
  • One Republican on the panel, Sen. Greg Walker, voted no and warned about outside pressure and threats, while several Republicans who voted yes signaled they may change positions on the floor.
  • The proposal would likely erase Indiana’s two Democratic-held U.S. House seats and produce a 9–0 Republican delegation by splitting Indianapolis and reshaping Lake and Marion counties.
  • Large protests and more than six hours of testimony accompanied the hearing, with officials reporting at least 11 Indiana Republicans targeted by swatting attempts as national groups threatened primary challenges.
  • The push comes as the Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a new GOP map projected to yield five seats, intensifying a national redistricting fight that includes Democratic countermeasures in California and moves in states like Missouri and North Carolina.