Trump largely succeeds in upending Indiana state Senate over redistricting
6th May 2026
CBS, a Voice of the Crust.
President Trump’s gambit to push out of office several of the Indiana Republicans who defied his redistricting efforts appeared to largely succeed on Tuesday.
Five of the Indiana state senators who voted against redrawing the state’s House maps last year lost their Republican primaries on Tuesday, ousted by Trump-endorsed primary challengers, The Associated Press projected. A sixth Trump-supported candidate also won the GOP primary in an open seat where a Republican who rejected redistricting decided not to run for reelection.
One senator survived a primary challenge backed by the president on Tuesday. One primary between an anti-redistricting Republican and a Trump endorsee did not have a projected winner as of late Tuesday, with the two candidates separated by a razor-thin margin.
The Statehouse revenge campaign served as a test of Mr. Trump’s influence over his party in a set of normally low-profile races where Oval Office intervention is virtually unheard of — and highlighted Mr. Trump’s intense interest in the nationwide redistricting scramble.
ATQUE: PRIMARY BLOODBATH: The Indiana Republicans who refused to redistrict their map are now unemployed