Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls special session to consider new congressional map

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Monday called a special legislative session to consider redrawing the state's congressional map, though it’s unclear if enough GOP lawmakers will support the redistricting effort.“I am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair,” Braun, a Republican, said in a statement.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Monday called a special legislative session to consider redrawing the state's congressional map, though it’s unclear if enough GOP lawmakers will support the redistricting effort.

“I am calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair,” Braun, a Republican, said in a statement.

Indiana is the fourth Republican-controlled state to take up redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump, who wants to shore up the party's narrow U.S. House majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats in two states so far have also sought to counter with mid-decade redistricting efforts of their own, with Virginia set to reconvene a special session later Monday.

Indiana's session is scheduled to start on Nov. 3. Republicans currently control seven of Indiana's nine congressional districts.

The White House has been applying extraordinary pressure to persuade Republicans in the state to draw a new congressional map. Trump spoke with Indiana Republicans earlier this month, and Vice President J.D. Vance had made two trips to the state to talk redistricting with lawmakers.