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US President Donald Trump has reiterated a threat to support primary election challenges against Indiana Republicans who vote against drawing a new congressional map for the state that will be beneficial to the GOP in 2026. A new Indiana map could net the GOP two additional seats in 2026. If the move is blocked by the state legislature, it could hand the initiative to a Democratic counter-move in Virginia.

• Trump wrote,” I will be strongly endorsing against any State Senator or House member from [Indiana] that votes against the Republican Party, and our Nation, by not allowing for Redistricting for Congressional seats...”
• Trump’s comments come as a pair of favourable redistricting efforts in California and Utah threaten to tip the scales in favour of Democrats, after the GOP initiated a partisan redistricting struggle with an aggressively drawn Texas map.
• The New York Times noted last week, “Republicans have had an advantage in this year’s redistricting wars because they control the redistricting process in states with more Democratic-held congressional seats. But this advantage is starting to look shaky — shaky enough that it’s possible to imagine how Democrats could fight the redistricting wars to a draw ahead of the 2026 midterms, and perhaps even win them by the 2028 election.”
• According to Polymarket, Democrats have a 71% implied probability of flipping control of the House in 2026. That number is likely to rise if Indiana Republicans refuse to submit to a new map.

Source: Washington Post

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