The Indiana House passed a congressional map aimed at securing Republican control of the U.S. House, following months of pressure from the Trump administration to redraw boundaries ahead of next year’s midterm election.

The bill passed 57-41, largely along party lines. It now heads to the Indiana Senate.

The move places Indiana at the center of a national battle over redistricting. While states typically redraw maps once a decade following the census, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn), acknowledged this vote establishes a new precedent.

“I would say that we're making it clear that you can redistrict outside the decennial census,” he said.

Republicans currently hold seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. House seats. The proposed map targets the two remaining Democratic strongholds:

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