Pete Buttigieg enters the redistricting fight, slamming the GOP's efforts in Indiana [View all]

Source: NBC News

Sept. 18, 2025, 3:50 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 18, 2025, 5:21 PM EDT


Pete Buttigieg, the former U.S. transportation secretary and potential 2028 presidential candidate, slammed Indiana Republicans on Thursday for considering a mid-decade redistricting plan.

During a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, vowed to help Democrats fight any redistricting push in the state, casting blame on President Donald Trump for pressuring state Republicans to pass new maps that would boost the party in next year's midterm elections.

“We are here because Indiana Republicans are being pressured by Washington Republicans to do something that they know in their hearts is wrong,” Buttigieg said. “They are being pressured to change the rules so that voters don’t have a say anymore. And they know that that is wrong. And we know why they’re doing it … because the agenda of Washington Republicans is so unpopular that even here in Indiana, they are afraid of losing, if they have to run on a fair map.”

Buttigieg called mid-decade redistricting efforts “cheating” and vowed that, “if they do the wrong thing, we will be here to hold them politically accountable.” Invoking Trump's past claims of voter fraud, Buttigieg said Republicans “have tried to undermine our trust in the way that our neighbors run our elections in our communities.”

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