Trump forces Indiana GOP into redistricting reversal in race to draw new MAGA map

By Fox News · Fox News

The Republican-controlled Indiana House returns to session on Monday, to take action on congressional redistricting pushed by President Donald Trump . And the GOP-dominated state Senate, in a major reversal, will reconvene in one week to "make a final decision on any redistricting proposal sent from the House." The proposed new map would create another GOP-leaning congressional district in the solidly Republican Midwestern state. Indiana is the latest battlefield in the high-stakes redistricting showdown pitting Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to shape the 2026 midterm landscape as the GOP defends its razor-thin House majority . TRUMP TURNS UP HEAT ON FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN PUSH TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS State House Speaker Todd Huston announced last week that "House Republicans will gavel in on Monday, Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session. All legislative business will be considered beginning next week, including redrawing the state’s congressional map." Despite pressure from Trump and his political team, Rodric Bray, the Republican leader in the Indiana Senate , announced two weeks ago that there wasn't enough support in the chamber to move forward with redistricting. DEEP-POCKETED CONSERVATIVE GROUP ‘ALL IN’ ON HELPING TRUMP REDISTRICTING PUSH Trump, in response, repeatedly threatened to back primary challenges against state Republican lawmakers who didn't support his congressional redistricting push. "A RINO State Senator, Rodric Bray, who doesn’t care about keeping the Majority in the House in D.C., is the primary problem. Soon, he will have a Primary Problem, as will any other politician who supports him in this stupidity," Trump warned in a recent social media post. Bray confirmed in a statement last week that the state Senate would return into session to take action on whatever redistricting proposal passes the House. "The issue of redrawing Indiana's congressional maps mid-cycle has received a lot of attention and is caus…