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The Guardian - US
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Chris Stein

Indiana shows Republicans have two choices: align with Trump or get ousted

people voting in a primary election
People cast votes at a church during a primary election on 5 May 2026 in Lafayette, Indiana. Photograph: Cara Penquite/AP

By just about every measure, Donald Trump’s sway with US voters has slipped since he won re-election in 2024, but there’s one place where his power remains unmatched: within the Republican party.

The latest evidence of his ability to control who’s in and who’s out in the GOP came on Tuesday, when primary voters in Indiana ousted five of seven state senators who had last year defied the president’s demand to redraw the state’s congressional maps and gerrymander the state’s last two Democratic representatives out of their seats.

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