Indianapolis (CNN) — The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressure the Republican supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.
The 31-19 vote saw 21 Republicans join 10 Democrats in voting down the proposed map that would have positioned the GOP, which currently holds seven of Indiana’s nine US House seats, for a sweep of all nine seats in next year’s midterm elections.
The vote comes with significant ramifications for the 2026 midterm elections as some Democratic- and Republican-led states aim to redraw their US House maps beforehand. Not gaining two seats limits the gains Republicans are seeking to make in the redistric

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