Trump Calls For Indiana State GOP Lawmakers to Be Primaried Over Stalled Redistricting

President Donald Trump on Nov. 16 said that Republican lawmakers in Indiana who have resisted voting to redraw the state’s congressional maps should be ousted.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he was not happy with Republican state Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray and state Sen. Greg Goode for not initiating redistricting efforts in the state.

“Because of these two politically correct type ‘gentlemen,’ and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House, A VERY BIG DEAL!” Trump wrote.

“Any Republican that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED,” he wrote.

Last week, Bray said that the chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing what he said was a lack of votes. The announcement greatly diminishes the likelihood of redistricting the Midwest state.

Indiana is the second Republican state to resist suggestions from Trump to create new congressional maps that would favor Republican candidates in the 2026 elections.

“Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state’s congressional maps,” Bray said in a statement on Nov. 14 to media outlets. “Today, I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December.”

Indiana Republicans, who hold a supermajority in both legislative chambers, have been under pressure to redraw the state’s congressional districts since August. Vice President JD Vance recently made two trips to Indianapolis to speak with lawmakers, and legislative leaders have met with Trump in the Oval Office.

Republicans currently outnumber Democrats in Indiana’s congressional delegation 7–2. Those in favor of redistricting Indiana often point to Democratic states with no or few congressional Republicans as a reason to make Indiana’s map entirely red.

Meanwhile, voters in California earlier this month voted to approve a ballot measure, backed by Democrats in the state, that would implement a new congressional map drawn to elect more Democrats.

The move was made after lawmakers in Texas, Ohio, Missouri, and North Carolina redrew their maps earlier this year to get more Republicans elected during the 2026 midterm elections. Republican-controlled Kansas rejected efforts to redraw its map earlier this year.

Democratic Indiana congressional representatives framed Bray’s announcement last week as the end of redistricting efforts in the state.

“I want to thank Senator Bray and all the Republican and Democratic members of the Indiana Statehouse who held firm on Hoosier values,” Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.), who represents much of Indianapolis, said in a statement on social media, adding that “prayer, people, and partnerships power change.”

Also in his Nov. 16 post, Trump warned that other Republicans in the state who have stalled the redistricting effort would face political pushback.

“Senators Bray, Goode, and the others to be released to the public later this afternoon, should DO THEIR JOB, AND DO IT NOW! If not, let’s get them out of office, ASAP,” he said.

The Epoch Times contacted the offices of Bray and Goode for comment but received no response by publication time.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.