"Of the state Senate's 50 seats, 39 are held by Republicans, and the state has voted consistently Republican in every presidential race since 1968, save for a single flip for Democrat Barack Obama in 2008. The vote is likely to reinforce the sentiment that the Republican Party is fracturing under Trump's leadership, as his poll numbers slump during the first year of his second term. Trump was confronted with the results of the Indiana vote at an Oval Office signing ceremony shortly after it happened."
"Trump responded by touting his successes in pushing other Republican-led states. We won every other state. That's the only state, the president said, before referencing his three presidential bids. It's funny because I won Indiana all three times by a landslide, and I wasn't working on it very hard. Trump then proceeded to denounce the Indiana Senate president, Rodric Bray, and threatened to support a primary challenge against the Indiana leader."
Indiana's state Senate voted 31 to 19 to reject proposed congressional districts, defeating redistricting legislation despite a strong Republican majority. Republicans hold 39 of the Senate's 50 seats, and the state has voted Republican in every presidential race since 1968 except for a Democratic win in 2008. The vote heightened perceptions of intraparty conflict within the Republican Party as President Trump's poll numbers slump in the first year of his second term. President Trump publicly responded at an Oval Office event, praised successes in other states, criticized Indiana Senate president Rodric Bray, and threatened to back a primary challenger. Indiana currently sends nine members to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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