Indiana Republicans resisted the call by President Trump for redistricting. He and the state's Republican governor threatened to back primary challenges against senators who wouldn't get on board.

President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in an effort to push a new congressional map for Indiana after the bill failed. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had been pressuring Indiana’s state legislature for months to redraw the state’s congressional districts to strip Democrats of two seats.

The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a plan by Republicans to redraw the state's congressional district map to favor the GOP.

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.

Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state senate but may still reject Trump’s pressure. ‘Hoosiers are very independent.’