When Indiana Senate Republicans in the US voted down President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional map, the outcome stunned national party leaders. Indiana is not a swing state. Trump won it comfortably in 2024, and most of the senators who voted no had supported him repeatedly. Yet a coordinated White House effort to engineer more Republican-friendly House seats collapsed in public view, leaving Trump with a rare and visible defeat, CNN reported.

The vote was not simply about redistricting mechanics. For many lawmakers, it became a line about tone, intimidation and personal dignity. When politics turned personal

For some senators, the turning point was not policy but experience. Jean Leising, a veteran legislator and grandmother, described how her own grandson was p

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