President Donald Trump’s drive for mid-decade redistricting picked up speed as Indiana’s Republican congressional delegation endorsed his call to redraw the state’s House map ahead of the 2026 elections. The move signals that Indiana could soon join a growing list of GOP-run states revisiting district boundaries well before the next census. The Indiana support came on the heels of overnight action in Texas, where the Republican-controlled Senate approved a congressional map that creates five additional GOP-tilting districts and sent the legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott for signature. Democrats, who staged a two-week walkout to stall the plan, say they will sue, arguing the new lines dilute minority voting strength and breach the Voting Rights Act. Trump has urged other Republican governors and legislatures—including those in Missouri and Ohio—to follow Texas’s lead. While the Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is constitutional, mid-cycle map-drawing is unusual, and critics warn the escalating red-and-blue state contest over district lines could reshape the battle for the House majority well before voters head to the polls in 2026.
The redistricting fight will play out in the courts, and it will be the most important thing to watch going into 2026 because it could determine the majority in the House for the final two years of the Trump Administration. https://t.co/HdwCc9BXdm
"We are in the midst of a gerrymandering Armageddon. And it’s going to start in Texas, spread to California, but it’s not going to stop there." https://t.co/taceEZoblD
Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state's congressional map. https://t.co/75b8NXdWeh