Overview
- Twenty-one Republican senators joined all 10 Democrats to defeat the proposal, handing the White House a clear setback despite the chamber’s GOP supermajority.
- Analysts said the map likely would have eliminated Indiana’s two Democratic U.S. House seats by dismantling Rep. André Carson’s Indianapolis district and shifting Rep. Frank Mrvan’s northwest seat to solid GOP turf.
- The push featured threats of MAGA primaries from President Trump, multiple visits by Vice President JD Vance, and lobbying by Speaker Mike Johnson, as Indiana State Police confirmed multiple threats against lawmakers.
- After the vote, Trump targeted Senate leader Rodric Bray and downplayed his own involvement, while Gov. Mike Braun pledged to work with the president to back challenges against Republican senators who voted no.
- The defeat is being treated as a significant blow to the GOP’s nationwide redistricting drive before 2026, even as Republicans advance new maps in states like Texas and Democrats counter with moves such as California’s Prop 50.