President Donald Trump’s push for red states to redraw their congressional maps to give Republicans a greater advantage in the 2026 midterms has suffered a new blow.

Republicans in Indiana have defied pressure from the White House to shut the door on any plan to alter the state’s voting boundaries.

Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced on Friday that the plan lacked sufficient support, so the state Senate would not reconvene next month to address it.

The setback in a state Trump won last year by 36 points was the latest in a series for the president, who has been pressuring Republicans across the country to expand the number of red districts as the party faces rough headwinds ahead of next year’s election.

GOP Governor Mike Braun called a special session to redraw the

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