While many of us will be hunkering down to watch Illinois and Northwestern — or Michigan and Ohio State — duke it out Nov. 29, there’s a new kind of interstate rivalry brewing.

The great issue driving this animosity is political maps, and who can rig the system best to give their political allies an advantage.

These matchups include: California versus Texas — two giants at opposite ends of the political spectrum, both redrawing their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Elsewhere, GOP-led Missouri is moving ahead with a new congressional map while Democrats in Maryland debate whether to join the mid-decade redraw. And then there’s the rivalry we care about most today: Illinois versus Indiana.

Yes, Indiana and Illinois get pitted against each other quite frequently, mo

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