Municipal elections cost Indiana significantly more per vote than midterm and presidential contests, according to a new state study.
The Senate lacks the votes to convene for a special session on redrawing congressional maps, but the House on Tuesday signaled it does have the votes.
The Indiana Senate voted Tuesday to adjourn until January as its Republican supermajority continues to resist pressure from President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional lines.
The number of Indiana Republican senators facing threats of violence for opposing redistricting has increased, raising concerns among all lawmakers in the Statehouse.
West Lafayette, is confident voters will reward the decision to stick to his principles. One challenger seeks to test that.
In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote that he was “very disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans.” He also warned that he plans to back primary challengers against GOP lawmakers who refuse to redraw the state’s congressional maps.
An Indiana lawmaker who resisted President Donald Trump’s push to have Republicans redraw the state’s congressional boundaries was the victim of a swatting call that brought sheriff’s deputies to his home.
President Donald Trump is insisting that the redistricting fight in Indiana is not over even as the GOP-led state Senate again refused Tuesday to return to the Capitol this year for a special session to draw new congressional maps.
The president's criticism comes after Indiana's state GOP Senate leader announced that there was not enough support for lawmakers to pursue redistricting.
The Republican leader of the Indiana state Senate announced Friday that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing a lack of support from his members even after months of pressure from the White House.
For decades, Hoosier governors and lawmakers have sparred over what can be done during a special legislative session. But state leaders are now confronting a different dilemma — can the General Assembly legally ignore a governor’s demand to convene?