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The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to reject Trump's congressional redistricting bill, with 21 of 40 Republican senators joining all 10 Democrats in opposition. The map would have cracked Democratic-leaning districts to create a 9-0 Republican congressional delegation. Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray led the resistance despite Trump's threats, JD Vance's two lobbying visits, and White House meetings with state lawmakers. The defeat was the first time Trump's redistricting campaign was blocked by Republicans.

The Indiana House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed congressional redistricting bill 57-41, with 12 Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. The map cracked Indiana's two remaining Democratic districts — the 1st District in Northwest Indiana (Rep. Frank Mrvan) and the 7th District in Indianapolis (Rep. André Carson) — to create a 9-0 Republican congressional delegation. The bill advanced to the Indiana Senate, which defeated it on December 11.

President Trump posted on Truth Social threatening to support primary challenges against any Indiana Republican state senator who voted against the Trump-backed congressional redistricting map. Trump wrote that those voting against redistricting would be "met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring" and called Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray a man putting "every ounce of his limited strength" into blocking the bill. JD Vance made two visits to Indiana as part of the White House pressure campaign.

Indiana Senate leader Rodric Bray announces on November 14, 2025, that there are not enough Republican votes to move forward with a congressional redistricting special session called by Gov. Mike Braun in October 2025 at the Trump administration's request. Vice President JD Vance had visited Indiana legislators in the weeks prior to lobby for the redistricting effort. The failure is the first notable setback in Trump's mid-decade redistricting push and demonstrates that not all Republican state legislators are willing to use their supermajorities for the effort. Trump-backed challengers later defeat five of seven Indiana state lawmakers who refused to support redistricting in the May 2026 Republican primary, illustrating the consequences of resistance.