Overview
- The measure failed 31–19, with 21 Republican senators joining all 10 Democrats, after the House had passed it 57–41 last week.
- Trump threatened MAGA primary challenges, as Vice President JD Vance made multiple trips and Speaker Mike Johnson called legislators to push the map.
- Several Republicans reported threats, including bomb threats and swatting incidents, which state police said are under investigation.
- Governor Mike Braun criticized the GOP holdouts and pledged to work with the president to back challengers, as conservative groups signaled funding for primaries.
- Analysts said the plan would likely have dismantled Rep. André Carson’s Indianapolis district and flipped Rep. Frank Mrvan’s seat to give Republicans a 9–0 delegation, and observers cast the defeat as a major setback to Trump’s broader redistricting push.