Vance urges Republicans in Indiana to redraw map to help tighten House grip

<p>The US vice-president meets Indiana Republicans as part of wider effort to redraw districts before midterms</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/07/donald-trump-jd-vance-indiana-texas-tariffs-ukraine-russia-us-politics-live-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jd-vance">JD Vance</a> met with Republican lawmakers in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/indiana">Indiana</a> on Thursday to encourage them to redraw the state’s congressional map to be more favorable to the GOP, the latest in a brazen nationwide push to reconfigure district lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republicans</a> already control seven of Indiana’s nine congressional seats, but the party has complete control of state government, which could allow them to redraw the map to pick up more seats. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> is also pushing Missouri to redraw its congressional map to add more GOP seats and Republicans in Ohio, where Republicans already control 10 of 15 districts, are also likely to reconfigure their map later this year to add more Republican seats.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/jd-vance-indiana-redistricting-midterms">Continue reading...</a>