Indiana Senate Rejects Redistricting Bill Favoring Republicans

The Indiana Senate on Dec. 11 rejected a bill that would revise the state’s electoral district boundaries for elections to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, dealing a blow to efforts backed by President Donald Trump to obtain more seats for Republicans in that body. The bill failed by a vote of 19–31. Twenty-one Republicans joined all 10 Democrats to defeat the measure. Even though Republicans have a two-thirds majority in Indiana’s Senate, the bill was not assured of passage because of opposition to the idea from some Republican state senators, who either felt uncomfortable about the partisan exercise of redistricting or anticipated that the effort would fail amid legal challenges....