"Right before the vote, Trump threatened Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray and his Republican colleagues. Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring, Trump wrote. Rod Bray and his friends won't be in Politics for long, and I will do everything within my power to make sure that they will not hurt the Republican Party, and our Country, again."
"Trump's mid-decade redistricting pressure campaign began with Texas, where Republicans drew a new congressional map to add five seats for use in the midterms. Blue state California retaliated by passing Prop 50, meant to level the playing field by potentially adding five Democratic seats to Congress. VoteBeatUS's Nathaniel Rakich wrote that Indiana's attempt at redistricting in favor of Republicans goes down in flames."
The Indiana Senate rejected a proposed redistricting plan ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The plan sought to redraw the state's congressional map to give Republicans additional seats. In a special session, 31 state senators voted against the bill, including 21 Republicans. President Trump issued a pre-vote threat of MAGA primary challenges against those who opposed the redistricting effort. Commentators noted that Republicans are increasingly confronting Trump and resisting intimidation. Illinois leadership praised Indiana lawmakers for standing up to political pressure and vowed continued vigilance against efforts to rig maps. The fight followed similar moves in Texas and a California countermeasure, Prop 50.
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