INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Governor Mike Braun says Republican lawmakers are seriously considering redrawing Indiana’s congressional maps. He says he has not decided if he will call a special session and adds it depends on what happens in Texas.
Indiana handles redistricting every ten years after the census, and Republicans hold a seven-to-two advantage over Democrats in the U.S. House in the state. Braun says Texas Republicans don’t have a supermajority as they do in Indiana.
However, some of those Hoosier Republicans are pushing back against the idea of redrawing the maps.
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Representatives Danny Lopez of Carmel and Jim Lucas of Seymour say they are both a “hard no” on redistricting early. Representative Craig Haggard agrees, noting Indiana is a “solid Republican state” and constituents are telling him redrawing the U.S. House districts early shouldn’t be done.
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