Some Republican state Senators in Indiana who defied pressure from the right and blocked a proposed new congressional map on Thursday said they were listening to their constituents. They faced pressure that came in part from the White House,

The Indiana Senate voted against a new Republican-drawn congressional map on Thursday in a major blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the party in next year’s midterm elections. It failed overwhelmingly in the state Senate by a vote of 31 to 19,

It's decision day in red state Indiana as the state Senate votes on congressional redistricting championed by President Trump. The new map would create two more GOP-dominated districts.

Vice President JD Vance has met with Indiana GOP lawmakers several times this year in Indianapolis and in Washington D.C. to push for a mid-decade redraw. Mr. Trump met with Indiana House and Senate leaders in the Oval Office in August and has called state lawmakers about redistricting.

Republicans in the Indiana Senate rebuked President Trump by rejecting a new congressional map that would have targeted two Democratic seats.

The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to defeat a mid-census redistricting map Thursday, ending a months-long effort by the Trump administration to shift Indiana’s congressional districts.