When President Donald Trump told red states to jump into a redistricting fight and draw new maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Republican lawmakers in Texas and Missouri said "How high?"

But in Indiana, lawmakers are taking their time at the ledge — and the White House has noticed .

Vice President JD Vance will be in Indianapolis today in an apparent attempt to convince holdout state senators they should make Indiana's congressional maps more favorable to Republicans, weeks after elected officials in Texas and Missouri finalized their own new maps . Some Indiana lawmakers had already discussed the idea with Vance during his past visit to the state, and in Washington, D.C.

Some of the hesitance can be attributed to a genuine reluctance in changing maps they championed

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