Gerrymandering
Indiana Redistricting Showdown: GOP Senators Defy Trump as National Map Fights Intensify
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Indiana’s Republican-led Senate has rejected a Trump-backed congressional map that would likely have given the GOP all nine of the state’s U.S. House seats, despite an aggressive months-long pressure campaign from the White House, even as redistricting battles elsewhere and a looming Supreme Court case shape the national landscape.
After the Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to reject a Trump-backed congressional redistricting plan that would likely have erased the state’s two Democratic U.S. House seats, Republican lawmakers who opposed the measure faced threats of primary challenges from Trump and Gov. Mike Braun, while analysts noted that the defeat underscored limits on mid-decade map changes even in conservative states.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Texas Republicans in a dispute over the state’s new congressional map, allowing the plan to take effect and drawing fresh scrutiny over partisan gerrymandering ahead of the next round of federal elections.
California voters approved Proposition 50 on Nov. 4 with about 64% support, temporarily replacing the state’s independent-drawn U.S. House lines with maps passed by the Legislature. On Nov. 5, Republicans sued in federal court, arguing the plan unlawfully uses race and violates the Constitution.
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More than $100 million has been poured into campaigns supporting and opposing California's Proposition 50, a November ballot measure aimed at redrawing congressional districts to benefit Democrats. The effort responds to Republican gerrymandering in other states amid national political tensions. Governor Gavin Newsom leads the pro-Proposition 50 push, while opponents defend the state's independent redistricting commission.