Indiana is the latest state jumping into a redistricting battle.
In addition to California and Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah have already adopted new voting maps.
Virginia, Florida, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Maryland are at least considering it.
Family Research Council’s Ken Blackwell thinks Republicans are in position to buck the mid-term voting trends for the president’s party – and the driver will be the economy.
“I think that the president has brought us out of such a deep economic hole that in the final analysis in 2026, you're going to see a lean towards the Republicans as being the uplift from economic malaise that the Biden administration put us in,” he said recently on Washington Watch.
In Indiana, the state senate elections committee has advanced a proposal to redraw the state's congressional boundaries to effectively eliminate Indiana's two Democrat representatives. The final vote of the entire Senate is expected Thursday.
Micah Clark leads the American Family Association of Indiana. He says there was a request from the White House for Indiana to redraw its map.
"This is now playing out in Indiana, a national battle over our congressional maps because the next election for the U.S. House in 2026 is going to be very very close. It's possible it could be hinged on the two seats here in Indiana, so they want to eliminate Congressman Andre Carson in Indianapolis and Frank Mrvan in northwest Indiana which is trending Republican already as people leave Illinois and move to Indiana."
In Missouri, opponents of a new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide referendum on the plan backed by President Donald Trump. Organizers of the petition drive said they turned in about 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the secretary of state’s office, The Associated Press reports.
That’s well more than the roughly 110,000 signatures needed to suspend the U.S. House districts from taking effect until a public vote can be held next year. But the signatures still must be formally verified by election authorities.
Clark says the stakes for 2026 are very high.
"If the Democrats take over the House, which has a very small majority right now for Republicans, if that flips, the president will be repeatedly impeached. The Democrats will push for amnesty for voting for illegals. They will push for boys in girls’ sports. They will push for abortion nationally. They've been very clear about what they want to do. And so, the outcome of the next election for U.S. Congress will have a huge impact on faith and family and our values."
