Trump Allies Promised to Make Anti-Redistricting Indiana Republicans Pay. Will They Be Able To?

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Left: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 17, 2025. Right: View of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

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Indiana state senators were warned by MAGA forces last year that opposing a Trump-backed mid-decade gerrymander for unified GOP control would come at a steep political cost. Now the time has come for Trump-aligned forces to prove they still have the influence to make good on their threats.

On May 5, the Indiana Republican state legislators who opposed the Trump-backed effort to eliminate Democratic congressional representation in the state late last year will find out whether that fateful vote will cost them their jobs.

Audrey Fahlberg

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Audrey Fahlberg

Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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