Vice President JD Vance President Donald Trump visits Indiana Thursday to discuss his district with Republican leaders as he ramps up Pressure in the GOP state redrawing the boundaries of parliament And in the midterm elections in 2026, we’ll give the party a more win-win seat.
Vance will hold a personal meeting with Gov. Mike Brown and others before attending a solid Republican state GOP fundraiser on Thursday night. Brown told reporters Tuesday that he hopes to discuss some issues with the vice president (including the price of the district), but that there has been no commitment.
“It looks like it’s going to happen in a lot of Republican states,” Brown said.
Vance’s visit will come later Texas Democrats did well I voted on a redrawn council map this week. Mid-term. The White House goal is to give Republicans an easier path to maintain control of the home.
Indiana is a Republican, but opponents of the attempted rezoning plan to inform their opposition Thursday in a protest and a press conference by two Democrats from the state legislature delegation.
Brown will have to call a special session if he chooses to begin the rezoning process, but lawmakers have the only power to create a new map.
Braun’s office has not responded to multiple email requests seeking details regarding Vance’s visit.
Republican US representatives have outperformed Indiana Democrats 7-2, limiting the likelihood of narrowing down another seat. The constitutionality of this move will almost certainly be challenged in court.
Indiana lawmakers have been wary of the national spotlight in recent years, especially after the 2022 special session was strictly enacted by lawmakers. Abortion is prohibited. Brown is a solid ally of Trump in a state with a strong foundation of presidential loyalty.
But Indiana is also home to former vice president and past governor Mike Pence. Past governors still have a more measured approach to partisan politics shaking among many state lawmakers.
The GOP could target Indiana’s First Congressional District, a longtime democratic hub that encompasses Gary and other cities near Chicago, on the northwest corner of the state. Laura Merrifield Wilson, a professor of political science at the University of Indianapolis, said the seat held by third-term Democrat Rep. Frank Marvan is considered a recent pick as manufacturing union jobs have left the area in recent years.
Indiana lawmakers rebrew district borders It’s a bit advantageous Towards Republicans in the 2022 election It’s not completely divided. The new map was not challenged in court after it was approved in 2021, even by Democrats and allies who opposed the changes that boosted the GOP in the northern Indianapolis suburbs.
Mrvan won Re-election for 2022 With a great margin He easily held his seat again in 2024. In a statement Tuesday, Mrvan said the Trump administration knew that the policy was “very unpopular.”
“They know that their only hope to maintain control is to pressure the Indiana Legislature to violate the Indiana Constitution and violate the mid-term U.S. House seats,” he added.
A more dramatic option would be to zero in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District, which is entirely made up of Democrats in Marion County and Indianapolis.
Indiana legislative leader Speaker Todd Houston and Senate Speaker Pro Tem Rodrick Bray held the same positions four years ago when Congress finalized the new map. Both expressed approval for the final product, saying that the borders significantly reflect the composition of the nation.
“These maps reflect feedback from the public and I think they will be useful for the Houssier for the next 10 years,” Bray said at the time.
Both leaders were quiet about the possibility of a special session. Bray and Huston’s offices did not respond to multiple messages left in phone and email on Wednesday.
Republicans hold the vast majority in their Indiana homes and in their Senate. This means that the Democrats could not stop the special session Refusing to attend.
Julia Vaughn, director of Common Cause for Indiana, said the costly constituency change process is not good for Republicans who tightened the state budget belt at this past legislative meeting to forecast revenue. The common cause is one of the leading groups nationwide opposed to Trump’s push for districts.
“I don’t think there’s a way to streamline the dollars for spending taxpayers to return to Indianapolis to redraw a map that was just drawn four years ago for purely partisan purposes,” Vaughn said.
