Republicans in the Indiana House on Monday released a draft map that aims to deliver the state’s nine congressional seats to the GOP but it’s unclear whether the Trump-backed plan has the votes to pass in the state Senate, which is also controlled by Republicans.
Democrats currently hold two congressional seats in Indiana, but both would become more favorable to the GOP under the proposed map.
Marion County, a Democratic stronghold and home to the state’s largest city of Indianapolis, would be split among four districts under the proposal. Democratic Rep. André Carson’s 7th District, which is anchored in Marion County and backed Kamala Harris by more than 41 points last year, would be dismantled. President Donald Trump would have carried the proposed new version of the 7th District, which would stretch to the Ohio border, by 38 points, according to calculations by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.
