JUST IN: Red State’s New Congressional Map Would Give Republicans A Clean Sweep

A leaked draft of Indiana’s proposed congressional map indicates that Republicans will be picking up two additional House seats if the Republican stronghold joins Texas and Missouri in formally moving forward with redistricting plans.

According to a report from Fox 59 Indiana, lawmakers are currently considering a map that would split Marion County, which includes the city of Indianapolis, three ways. “We’re also told this map did not come from Indiana Republican legislative leadership,” Fox 59’s Hannah Adamson reported.

It is currently unclear whether this exact proposal will be adopted. If the reports are true, however, Republicans would be heavily favored to control all nine congressional seats up for grabs in the Hoosier State.

Under the current maps, Republicans control all but two seats. Under the proposed redraw, the most competitive seat would have a partisan lean of R +13.7.

Photo: Fox 59 Indiana

Vice President JD Vance traveled to Indiana in early August in order to discuss redistricting efforts with Indiana Governor Mike Braun and other state Republican leaders.

The White House has called on Republican-controlled states to enact redistricting efforts in response to similar efforts from Democrats in blue states over the last several years. They have also pointed to the highly controversial “census error,” which overcounted Democrat-controlled states such as California, New York, Rhode Island, Minnesota and Delaware, while undercounting GOP-controlled states such as Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Florida and Mississippi.

In total, the “errors” resulted in a whopping 14 additional congressional seats and electoral votes for Democrats.

If Indiana follows through with redistricting plans, they would follow Texas and Missouri in doing the same. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed the state’s new maps — which have drawn out five districts currently controlled by Democrats — into law after lengthy Democrat-led efforts to block a vote.

Missouri became the next state to formally embark on redistricting efforts when Governor Mike Kehoe announced that the General Assembly will be returning to the state capital in Jefferson City this coming Wednesday to consider a redraw. Under the current map, Republicans control six of eight available House seats.

A final proposition has not yet been released, though political analysts have long estimated that the GOP-controlled legislature will draw out at least one currently Democrat-controlled seat. This will likely be the state 5th Congressional District, a Kansas City area seat currently held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MS).

A redraw is likely to pass, as Republicans currently hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature. Redistricting efforts in the Show Me State will likely be met with legal challenges, however, as the state’s constitution requires new borders to be drawn after the results of the U.S. census are released, which will take place in 2030.

Redistricting efforts are also in early stages in additional Republican-controlled states, including Florida and Ohio, while others, such as South Carolina, are facing calls to do the same.