By TheStatehouseFile.com and The Indiana Citizen
December 11, 2025
Voting 31-to-19 against redrawing the state’s congressional district map, the Indiana Senate brought to a close on Thursday a four-month brawl over redistricting that split the Republican supermajority and drew the ire of President Donald Trump.
Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville and six members of the GOP leadership joined all the Democrats in voting down House Bill 1032, the redistricting legislation.
The three-plus hour senate session was tense with the split in the Republican caucus on display. Some members of the supermajority rose to speak in support of redistricting, painting a dire picture of the country if Indiana did not send the “legislative cavalry” to Congress. Other members of the GOP caucus warned redrawing the map would sow distrust in the integrity of elections and democracy.
Gov. Mike Braun, who supported redistricting and pushed the issue by calling the legislature into special session especially to consider reconfiguring the state’s congressional map, said, after the vote, that Indiana could face retribution from the White House.
“I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and to reject the leadership of President Trump,” Braun said in a statement. “Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences. I will be working with the President to challenge these people who do not represent the best interests of Hoosiers.”
After the vote, Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said she was relieved and happy for Hoosiers
“Today the real winners are Hoosiers,” Yoder said. “Hoosiers have continued to make their voices known and have been very definitely working hard to organize and mobilize from (Republicans) to (Democrats) to (Independents) to the younger generation who haven’t really rallied around anything, but when it came to this bill, it really struck a nerve, and we we heard that out in the state house today, and we certainly have heard it for the last almost five months. So it’s been a win for Hoosiers.”
This story will be updated.
