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It's been a year of intense political battles to redraw congressional maps in time for the midterms, first kicked off by Texas Republicans.
But for at least one state, things haven't gone exactly as President Trump hoped.
Today, the Indiana Senate is expected to vote on a new map that could potentially give Republicans two more seats in the U.S.
House.
Kayla Dwyer is the statehouse reporter for the Indianapolis Star.
There is a strong Republican majority in the state.
But Dwyer reports that from the start, local lawmakers have been skeptical of this plan.
And the party appears torn over whether to give in to Trump's demands.
Dwyer told us the statehouse prides itself on civility.
But during this process, a number of Indiana Republicans have received threats of violence for voicing dissent.
Greg Walker, a state senator from the same town as former Vice President Mike Pence, was one of those targeted.
On Monday, he gave a speech in front of his colleagues opposing the measure, visibly choking up at times, before it ultimately passed out of committee.
Meanwhile, public sentiment has been mixed.
Hundreds of people showed up to the statehouse in Indianapolis, mostly to voice their concerns about the bill.
Though Indianapolis is a deep red state, Trump carried it by 19 percentage points in the 2024 election.
Redistricting seems to be a thornier issue.
Trump has called out individual lawmakers and threatened to endorse challengers if they don't back his efforts.
But in at least one case, his connection to the bill has made things worse.