Indiana Republican lawmakers appear to have little appetite for mid-decade redistricting in the Hoosier state, despite a push from Vice President JD Vance to do so.

Republican leadership has been silent on the matter, but rank-and-file GOP lawmakers have called mid-decade redistricting “optically horrible,” and “bad form,” with one lawmaker saying he is a “hard no.” 

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Earlier this month, Vance traveled to Indiana to encourage Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN), Republican House Speaker Todd Huston, and Senate President Republican Rod Bray to redraw the state’s congressional districts to more heavily favor Republicans. The visit from Vance came as President Donald Trump pushed Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s map mid-decade in an effort to create a cushion to retain the GOP’s razor-thin House majority.

Indiana currently has a 7-2 congressional makeup in favor of Republicans. Voters in the state generally went about 60%-40% in favor of Republicans statewide in the 2024 election.

Save for Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, the other GOP leaders in the state have not made their stances clear. Republican lawmakers, however, have come out against the proposal.

“I have had a lot of people ask me my thoughts on Indiana redistricting,” state Rep. Jim Lucas posted on Facebook. “So here are my thoughts; I am a hard (insert favorite Marine Corps word here) NO!” 

Republican State Rep. Becky Cash said she does “not support redistricting and do not know of any reason why Indiana should redistrict.” 

State Rep. Daniel Lopez was the first Republican to come out against the idea, saying “I have heard from several folks and want to be clear on my position. I am a hard ‘no’ on potential efforts to redraw electoral maps in Indiana mid-decade.”

While some rank-and-file Republicans have expressed support for redistricting, those lawmakers join several other state Republicans opposed to the idea. Former Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma, a Republican, said he is “glad” lawmakers are speaking against the idea.

“I think it’s bad form, I think it’s inadvisable. It’s probably contrary to Indiana law, and I’ve expressed my reservation about it to some of our elected leadership,” Bosma said. “The leaders I’ve talked to, and I’ve talked to the top down, are not thrilled about this prospect but because other states are expressing support for this, there’s pressure to do it.”

Indiana Democrats have been united in their opposition to the plan. The Indiana House Democratic Caucus joined with Texas Democratic lawmakers in Illinois after they left the state earlier this month to deny Texas Republicans a quorum to vote on new congressional maps that would even more so favor the GOP.

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“Never in my life did I think that the vice president of the United States would come to my state and ask our legislature to shoplift congressional districts,” Indiana Democratic state Rep. Ed DeLaney said. “Steal them off the shelf, run outside and wave them in front of the country. We cannot have this kind of conduct.”

Huston and Bray both lead Republican supermajorities in both chambers. Indiana does not use a redistricting commission and relies only on the General Assembly to draw its congressional maps.