The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a plan by Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional district map to favor the GOP.
Dec. 11 The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a plan by Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional district map to favor the GOP.
It was a rare setback that saw Republicans push back on President Donald Trump’s quest to redraw congressional maps prior to next year’s midterm elections. The Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate resisted participating in the unusual mid-decade redistricting battle playing out across the country.
GOP lawmakers have said there was not enough support among state senators to draw new maps that would essentially dismantle Indiana’s two districts currently controlled by Democrats.
Leaders finally agreed to a vote to officially settle the matter after Trump threatened to support primary challengers who opposed redrawing the lines to favor Republicans. Several Indiana lawmakers were the target of threats and harassment.
«We finally have a resolution», Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray said after the vote.
