UPDATE (August 8, 2025):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Governor Mike Braun and legislative leaders met with Vice President JD Vance for several hours Thursday as Vance came to the Hoosier state to try to get the Congressional districts redrawn.
Braun would only say “we listened” when asked if they came to any agreement on redistricting well ahead of schedule, and House Speaker Todd Huston released a statement saying they “had a meaningful discussion.”
The Trump administration is trying to get districts redrawn in Texas to give Republicans more seats in the U.S. House, and Democrats have left the state in protest. Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith expressed his full support to redistricting Indiana, but Braun did not.
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Senate Democrats issued the following in response to the day’s events:
Indiana Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington) joined U.S. Representatives Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) and André Carson (D-Ind.), State Representative Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington), and Pastor David Greene at the Indiana Statehouse to speak out against a proposed redistricting effort backed by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.
The event came as Vice President J.D. Vance visited Indiana to promote new efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map, a move Democrats say is nothing more than a blatant power grab.
“They’re not afraid of Democrats. They’re afraid of the people. Of you. Because the people remember the lies. They remember the promises. And they’re ready to take their power back,” said Yoder.
Yoder emphasized that this issue transcends party labels.
“If you’re a Republican who believes your vote should count—they’re cheating you,” Yoder said. “If you’re an Independent who believes in fair government—they’re cheating you. If you’re a Democrat who’s tired of being gerrymandered out of existence—they’re cheating you. This is not about right or left. This is about rigging the system to stay in power after the people no longer support you.”
She framed Indiana as a key battleground in a broader national fight to defend democratic norms and voting rights.
“Trump told you he’d fight for working families,” Yoder said. “But in his big beautiful bill, he gutted health insurance for working people, slashed food programs for children and increased taxes on non-wealthy Americans—all while giving tax break handouts for billionaires to buy yachts. And now he wants a second chance. Not by earning your vote, but by cheating you so your vote doesn’t matter.”
“What they do here, they’ll do everywhere,” Yoder said. “They’re testing how quiet you’ll be. But Indiana is the firewall. This is where we draw the line.”
Yoder ended with a warning to national Republicans and a call to action for Hoosiers:
“You can lie. You can cheat. You can redraw every district in this state,” she said. “But you will never redraw the truth. And you will never erase the people of Indiana.”
UPDATE (August 7, 2025):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Vice President JD Vance will meet with Governor Braun and other leaders today about redrawing Indiana’s congressional boundaries several years early. The districts were redrawn most recently in 2021 after the 2020 U.S. Census, and Republicans hold seven of the state’s nine seats.
Congressman Frank Mrvan represents the 1st District in northwest Indiana and is a Democrat. He says the Trump administration has recognized that its harmful policies to benefit wealthy elites at the expense of working families are wildly unpopular.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Vice President JD Vance will be visiting Indiana to possibly appeal for U.S. House redistricting ahead of schedule.
Governor Mike Braun says no commitments have been made and adds that if the state undertakes redistricting in the middle of the ten-year cycle, it is not going to be a calm process.
Indiana redistricts its boundaries every ten years after the release of U.S. Census data.
State Representative Matt Pierce of Bloomington says if it happens, our congressional institution is going to be illegitimate.
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