Nine state lawmakers don’t plan to seek reelection in 2022—and one more will quit earlier
Ten lawmakers—all Republican but one—have publicly announced intentions to either resign their seats soon or retire rather than seek reelection next year.
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UPDATE: Indiana Senate, House approve redrawn election maps
In the finale of the once-in-a-decade redistricting process, the state legislative and congressional maps made it out of the Legislature with few changes from when they were introduced two weeks ago.
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Indiana House approves redistricted maps, sends them to Senate
The Indiana House on Thursday approved new state legislative and congressional election district maps, sending the maps to the Senate for consideration.
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Indiana lawmakers head to next step in redistricting after hours of initial public testimony
Lawmakers heard more than two hours of testimony Wednesday at the Indiana Statehouse from citizens who spent most of their time asking for a fair redistricting process.
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Pence slowly laying groundwork for 2024 White House run
Aides to Mike Pence generally brush off talk of the next presidential election. They insist he is focused on his family and next year’s midterm elections, when Republicans are well positioned to regain at least one chamber of Congress.
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Todd Young raises record $1.6M in third quarter
Young’s campaign said the amount was the largest raised in the third quarter during the off-year of a U.S. Senate campaign by an Indiana candidate.
Two Dems eye candidacy for Indy’s new state Senate seat, expect more competition
Democrat Rep. Justin Moed and former Democratic Senate candidate Ashley Eason have both publicly announced interest in running for the Indiana Senate in a new downtown Indianapolis district.
In weighing 2024 run, Pence tests whether there is political life after Trump
Nine months after the Jan. 6 insurrection and his subsequent departure from the White House, Pence’s friends and advisers say he is likely to run for president—especially if Trump does not.
Ex-Indiana lawmaker seeks 2022 challenge to GOP Rep. Spartz
Former state Rep. Melanie Wright of Yorktown announced her campaign for central Indiana’s 5th District on Facebook, saying she wanted to help others and solve problems regardless of political affiliation.
Indiana governor approves GOP’s redistricting plan
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s signature was the final step in the redistricting for Indiana’s nine congressional seats and 150 seats in the state Legislature.
Amy Waggoner & Joel Elliott: Business leaders should back stronger Voting Rights Act
At Salesforce, we joined more than 220 companies of all sizes and sectors across the country in calling for the Senate to come together in a bipartisan way to ensure voting rights are protected, as they have done five times since the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965.
Senate Republicans say no to redistricting map changes
Democrats tried and failed to make several changes to the proposed state Senate and congressional maps.
Republicans nix changes to their Indiana congressional map
The Indiana Senate elections committee voted 7-2 along party lines in favor of the Republican-drawn redistricting plan for the state’s nine congressional districts and 150 state legislative seats based on population shifts from the 2020 census.
Critics say Indiana redistricting dilutes minority influence
Critics assailed the proposed new Indiana congressional and legislative districts on Monday as rigged in favor of Republicans.
Senate Democrats host own redistricting hearings
They are making a final effort to have an influence on Indiana’s Republican-controlled redistricting process as new maps are drawn for the state’s legislative and congressional districts.
New state Senate seat added in Indy under GOP proposal
Indianapolis would gain a new state Senate district under Republicans’ proposed district maps, but the changes likely would otherwise have little impact on the GOP’s 39-11 supermajority in the Senate.
Indiana House committee advances proposed election district maps
The proposed maps essentially stayed the same as when they were released last week, with one minor amendment moving House districts in Fort Wayne to avoid splitting up an apartment complex.
Indiana redistricting plan criticized as aiding Republicans
Republicans will keep greater control of Indiana’s Legislature than merited by the number of votes they receive, according to a political analyst who on Thursday called the state’s proposed new election districts among the most skewed in the country.
Indiana Republicans defend speedy redistricting approval
The Indiana House elections committee opened two days of public hearings on the redistricting plan a little more than 24 hours after the new congressional and Indiana House maps were posted online.
Redistricting could pose challenges to some House GOP lawmakers
Some Indiana House Republican incumbents could go head-to-head with their GOP colleagues next election cycle, based on shifts in the proposed redistricting maps.
GOP likely to keep 7-2 congressional hold under proposed redistricting maps
Drafts of the state’s proposed new congressional and House district maps released Tuesday by Republicans aren’t likely to make a sizable changes in Indiana’s political landscape.
Indiana redistricting plan shores up suburban district for GOP
Other changes among Indiana’s nine congressional districts to account for population shifts don’t appear likely to shift the 7-2 control that Republicans now hold on those seats.
Indiana Democrats bracing for Republican redistricting plan
Republicans on Tuesday are set to release proposed new Indiana House and U.S. House maps that they’ve drawn behind closed doors.
Indiana Republicans could seek to bolster congressional hold
Indiana Republicans will show next week just how far they’ll go in pushing their political control over redrawing the state’s congressional districts.