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.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has announced support for a ballot amendment that would allow temporary changes to the state's redistricting process in response to actions in other states. The move has drawn criticism from Republicans who point to her past opposition to gerrymandering. Voters will decide on the measure in April.
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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.