Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

The Indiana House on Friday approved a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats, setting up a clash over the redistricting effort pushed by President Donald Trump in the state Senate.

The Indiana House on Friday approved a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats, setting up a clash over the redistricting effort pushed by President Donald Trump in the state Senate.

The bill passed the state House, 57-41. But Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate have said there is not enough support for the map, which is designed to give the GOP control of all nine of the state's congressional districts. But the White House has pressured reluctant Indiana lawmakers for months to redraw their map as Trump seeks to shore up his party's narrow U.S. House majority ahead of next year's midterm elections.

“The Indiana Senate must now pass this Map, AS IS, and get it to Governor Mike Braun’s desk, ASAP, to deliver a gigantic Victory for Republicans in the 'Hoosier State,' and across the Country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday night.

He called out a group of nine state senators -- Jim Buck, Brian Buchanan, Ed Charbonneau, Brett Clark, Dan Dernulc, Blake Doriot, Greg Goode, Ryan Mishler and Rick Niemeyer -- whom he said "need encouragement to make the right decision."

"Let your voice be heard loud and clear in support of these Senators doing the right thing," he added.