A majority of Indiana Republican senators said no to President Donald Trump on redistricting. What makes Hoosiers different?

If Indiana Republican senators had any doubt about what to do with President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal, he helped them make up their minds the night before this week's vote. In a social media screed,

Indiana’s rejection of a White House-led push to redistrict the state ahead of next year’s midterm elections has thrown a wrench into Republicans’ efforts.

Indiana's redistricting bill passed its first hurdle in the Senate Monday. Why it matters: It's still unclear if Republicans in that chamber have the votes to pass House Bill 1032, which would give the GOP an advantage in all nine of Indiana's congressional districts and fan the flames of the national redistricting war.

In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.

The Indiana state Senate’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s redistricting push is one of the most significant GOP rebukes of Trump to date, and at a particularly inauspicious time for him.

INDIANAPOLIS — As the redistricting battle began to pick up steam in Indiana last month, state Sen. Jean Leising’s grandchildren were receiving odd text messages.

That method was on vivid display in Indiana. Trump expected the state to go along with his plans to redraw its map to help his party in the midterms. When the state’s Republicans held back their support, Trump and his allies went on the attack.