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(130,982 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2025, 08:12 PM Friday

Indiana Senate won't vote on redistricting, defying Trump's push

Source: AP

The Republican leader of the Indiana state Senate announced Friday that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing a lack of support from his members even after months of pressure from the White House.

The announcement greatly diminishes the likelihood of redistricting the Midwest state. Indiana is the second Republican state to recently resist the push from President Donald Trump to create new congressional maps that would favor Republican candidates in the 2026 elections.

“Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state’s congressional maps,” Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement. "Today, I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December.”

Indiana Republicans, who hold a supermajority in both legislative chambers, have been under pressure to redraw the state's congressional districts since August. Vice President JD Vance has made two trips to Indianapolis to speak with lawmakers and legislative leaders have met with Trump in the Oval Office.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/indiana-senate-wont-vote-redistricting-212704115.html

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Indiana Senate won't vote on redistricting, defying Trump's push (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday OP

This never really had a chance here. If anything it raised awareness to the goings on in very apathetic state Cheezoholic Friday #1

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1. This never really had a chance here. If anything it raised awareness to the goings on in very apathetic state

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 08:41 PM

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I'm hoping we can light a fire under peoples asses here. We have one of the lowest voter turnouts in the country for Prez elections (its in the bottom 10 I think) and its even worse for off year elections. There is a very generational "your vote doesn't matter, both sides are corrupt, the federal govt can shove it and stay out of my business" attitude in this state that stretches back to when the auto industry crashed here (and yes it has more than its share of racist fucks). Indiana wasn't always this ruby red and really it still isn't. Like many fly over states its had the shit gerrymandered out of it over the last 30 years or so. My district had close races and often voted Blue until they slapped the wealthiest county in the state into it. About half of the small farming towns around me have Blue mayors and/or Councils.

I'm glad they didn't go for this on one hand but on another I kind of wish they would've because they would've taken a big hit '26 just on the premise that they let the Fed come in fuck with their elections. Even some of the worst MAGAt's I know wanted nothing to do with this. Grandpa wouldn't have liked it.

FF!!!

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