INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored the party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump.

The vote was overwhelmingly against the proposed redistricting, with more Republicans opposing than supporting the measure.

Trump has been urging Republicans nationwide to redraw their congressional maps in an unusual campaign to help the party maintain its thin majority in the House of Representatives. Although Texas, Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina went along, Indiana did not -- despite cajoling and insults from the president and the possibility of primary challenges.

"The federal government should not dictate by threat or other means what should happen in our states," said Spencer Deery, o

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