By Joseph Ax

Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Indiana House of Representatives on Friday approved a new congressional map targeting the state’s two incumbent Democrats, setting up a showdown next week in the state Senate, where the mid-decade redistricting faces more opposition.

Friday’s vote was 57 to 41 in favor, mostly along party lines. Still, 12 Republicans, including four in leadership positions, joined Democrats in voting against the bill.

For months, Indiana’s state Senate has resisted intense pressure from President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional lines to favor Republicans.

Trump is waging a national campaign to protect the party’s narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections by urging Republican-controlled sta

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