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Just hours before the House was set to convene and discuss mid-decade redistricting, the chamber released a draft of how Indiana’s Republican supermajority may change the state’s congressional districts.
The map, posted to the House Republican caucus’ website Monday morning, significantly alters many of the state’s nine congressional districts to favor Republicans.
Most notably, Marion County would be split between four different districts. Under the current maps, passed in 2021, Marion County is its own district, represented by Democrat André Carson.
District 1—in the northwest part of the state, currently held by Democrat Frank Mrvan—would no longer include most of Porter and LaPorte counties. Instead, that district would start in Lake County and extend far to the southeast to include Starke, Pulaski, Fulton, Miami, Cass and Wabash counties.
The maps come amid a tumultuous month in Indiana politics following Gov. Mike Braun’s call for a special legislative session to address President Donald Trump’s push for GOP-friendly maps that would give Republicans an edge in maintaining their control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
Since Braun’s call for a special session on Oct. 27, the General Assembly announced plans to convene on the topic of redistricting, then voted to adjourn without meeting for redistricting talks, then reversed course again and announced last week that they will meet the first two weeks of December.
The House is meeting starting Monday afternoon. The Senate, where it’s still unclear if there are enough votes to pass redistricting, is expected to meet Dec. 8.
This story will be updated.
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