President Donald Trump held a private meeting with Indiana Republican leaders on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a mid-decade redistricting battle as GOP lawmakers weigh strategies to strengthen their position against blue states.
The meeting, which included Vice President JD Vance, came after Indiana’s Republican-controlled legislature expressed reluctance to redraw the state’s congressional map to expand the GOP’s narrow House majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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Following the discussion at the White House, several lawmakers voiced strong support for Trump’s redistricting push.
“I spent the day at the White House because Hoosiers deserve to be fairly represented in DC,” state Sen. Liz Brown wrote on X. “President Trump knows what’s at stake if liberal strongholds like CA bend, break, and bust the rules to gerrymander their maps.”
Others softened their earlier opposition, shifting closer to Trump’s position.
“I’m not as opposed to it as I was,” state Rep. Jim Lucas told the Indianapolis Star after the meeting. “There are things that we can do to help President Trump after this midterm election so that he can enact a lot of his policies.”
Earlier this month, Vance traveled to Indiana to persuade Gov. Mike Braun, Republican House Speaker Todd Huston, and Senate President Rodric Bray to support the effort. Initially, many state lawmakers resisted the proposal, even as all seven GOP members of Indiana’s congressional delegation backed redistricting.
Bray and Huston have yet to confirm whether Indiana will join other Republican-led states in redrawing its congressional map.
“My colleagues and I are grateful for the opportunity to meet with White House officials, and all in all, I would consider the event extremely productive,” Bray said Wednesday. “While redistricting did come up and members were able to ask questions, we spent the bulk of our afternoon discussing issues like energy, immigration, and preventing waste and fraud in government.”
Huston echoed similar sentiments, saying Indiana looks forward to working with the Trump administration on various priorities.
Meanwhile, Texas is leading the GOP charge after passing a redistricting bill last week creating five new Republican-leaning districts despite Democratic objections. Gov. Greg Abbott still needs to sign the bill for it to take effect.
In response, California approved a special election for November, giving voters the power to decide whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. The move, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, has faced strong pushback from California Republicans, who countered with a proposal to split the state in two.
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