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Indiana Republican leaders will return to the state capitol in December to consider whether to pursue a new congressional map supported by President Donald Trump, reversing earlier reports that his redistricting push had stalled.
House Speaker Todd Huston said Tuesday that the chamber will convene on December 1 to take up redistricting legislation.
“House Republicans will gavel in on Monday, Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session. All legislative business will be considered beginning next week, including redrawing the state’s congressional map,” Huston said in a statement.
Hours later, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced that the Senate will return a week later to consider any proposal approved by the House.
Bray had previously indicated that the Senate would not meet in December, citing insufficient support to advance a new map. That stance had appeared to put an end to Trump’s efforts in Indiana.
The president has been pressing Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional districts to bolster GOP candidates ahead of next year’s midterm elections. His push is part of a broader national effort to protect the party’s narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
His campaign has sparked discussions of mid-decade redistricting, with states like Texas and California preparing changes to their congressional maps amid a political battle over control of the House. Redistricting typically occurs only once every 10 years after the release of new census data.
It was unclear on Tuesday whether Senate Republicans who had previously opposed reopening the maps had changed course. President Trump has publicly warned that he would back primary challengers against GOP lawmakers who oppose redrawing the districts.
In a lengthy message posted to social media on Tuesday, President Trump said he hoped “the Senate finds the votes.”
Democrats need only three GOP-held seats next year to retake the House majority, giving even modest changes to district lines the potential to shape the 2026 elections.
Republicans currently hold seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. House seats. Democrat Frank Mrvan leads the 1st District in northwestern Indiana near Chicago, while Democrat André Carson serves the 7th District covering parts of Indianapolis.