Indiana's D.C. delegation pushes redistricting as state lawmakers meet behind closed doors [View all]

Source: USA Today

Aug. 19, 2025, 7:28 a.m. ET


One by one, Indiana's Republican U.S. representatives are coming out in support of redistricting in Indiana, weeks after Vice President JD Vance's visit to Indianapolis.

The pressure campaign on X mounted at the same time that state House Republicans met privately off Statehouse grounds to discuss President Donald Trump's push to redraw maps mid-decade, which to date has proven unpopular among the state lawmakers.

Gov. Mike Braun, who has the power to call a special session to redistrict, told reporters Aug. 18 he is still undecided and leaning on the will of the legislature. "I'm not going to call them unless there is going to be general agreement that we need to," he said.

Nor did the House Republican caucus make any decisions at their two-hour meeting, held at a private office building on the north side of the city. "We're still talking," House Speaker Todd Huston told the Indiana Capital Chronicle.

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