Indiana House Republicans pass Trump-backed map, setting up high-stakes Senate fight

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Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday at the behest of President Donald Trump, advancing the legislation to the state Senate, where it is unclear if enough lawmakers will support its final passage.

Republican lawmakers voted 57-41 in favor of the map, which splits the city of Indianapolis into four districts to help the GOP potentially win all nine Indiana congressional seats. While Trump and many other Republicans are celebrating the passage, the map faces its true test in the state Senate, where many GOP lawmakers have opposed mid-decade redistricting.

Democrats in the House minority decried the new map, with many criticizing the swift timeline of the past week. The map was introduced on Monday. In 2021, when the current congressional district map was passed, state lawmakers held multiple public hearings around the state over several months.

Democratic state Rep. Greg Porter, who represents Indianapolis, railed against the proposal on the House floor, saying it would dilute the power of Black Hoosiers. U.S. Rep. André Carson, who has represented Indianapolis for the past 17 years and stands to lose his seat, is the state’s only Black member of Congress.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/indiana-house-republicans-pass-trump-182925641.html

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1. It should be noted that this Gerrymander is possible

on the Federal districts because of massive gerrymandering at the state legislature level. Many of us have been fighting this with Common Cause, unsuccessfully. The majority of Hoosiers live in the larger cities (Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Bloomington, Lafayette, Gary) but the legislature is dominated by people from farm country.