The Senate Republicans up for reelection who voted against redistricting
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Ten of the 21 Republicans who voted against redistricting in the Senate have their seats up for reelection next year.
Why it matters: A slew of powerful people and groups, including President Trump, have promised to support primary challengers for the Republicans who voted against redistricting.
- Should they be successful, it could remake the Senate and Indiana politics for years to come.
What they're saying: "He'll probably lose his next primary, whenever that is," Trump told reporters when asked about Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville). "I hope he does, because he's done a tremendous disservice."
- Trump added that he would "certainly support anybody who wants to go against him."
Reality check: Bray isn't up for reelection until 2028.
- And at least three of the 10 Republicans at risk in 2026 have said they won't seek reelection.
Here's every Senate Republican who voted against House Bill 1032 and is up for reelection next year.
Eric Bassler (R-Washington), District 39, in the Senate since 2014.
- "Four years ago, my Republican colleagues and I voted for our current state and federal legislative maps," Bassler said in a statement. "I stand by that vote and I will not support legislation to change our congressional maps."
- Bassler announced in July that he wouldn't seek reelection.
Jim Buck (R-Kokomo), District 21, in the Senate since 2008 and served in the House of Representatives from 1994-2008.
- Buck announced in August that he would seek reelection.
Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette), District 23, in the Senate since 2022.
- "What we are being asked to do goes far beyond the partisan map fights that happen every 10 years across the country," Deery said in a statement.
- "Instead, we are being asked to create a new culture in which it would be normal for a political party to select new voters, not once a decade — but any time it fears the consequences of an approaching election. That would clearly violate the concept of popular sovereignty by making it harder for the people to hold their elected officials accountable and the country would be an uglier place for it."
- Deery announced last month that he would seek reelection.
Dan Dernulc (R-Highland), District 1, in the Senate since 2022.
- "I have always done my best to serve my community, be their voice, and work alongside them and my colleagues at the Statehouse to help make Indiana a great state," Dernulc said in a statement after he was the victim of a swatting attempt for not supporting redistricting. "It is sad because of these efforts and work that I am villainized in some minds to the point of harmful retaliation."
Greg Goode (R-Terre Haute), District 38, in the Senate since 2023.
- "My job is to best represent District 38 and the Hoosiers who call it home," Goode said on the Senate floor last week, explaining his "no" vote. "I'm confident my vote reflects the will of my constituents."
- Goode added that he "loves and appreciates the President of the United States."
Travis Holdman (R-Markle), District 19, in the Senate since 2008.
- "The message from my district has been clear — they do not support mid-cycle redistricting, and therefore I cannot support it," Holdman said in a statement last month.
Rick Niemeyer (R-Lowell), District 6, in the Senate since 2014 and served in the House of Representatives from 2012-2014.
- Niemeyer hasn't officially announced his bid for reelection but told ABC7, "If they don't quite agree with me on this issue or agree I should've voted differently, I don't think they're going to use this issue to say, 'No, we're not going to vote for you anymore after all these years.' But if they do, they do. That's the process."
Linda Rogers (R-Granger), District 11, in the Senate since 2018.
- "Over the last few months, I have heard from thousands of constituents who were overwhelmingly opposed," Rogers said in a statement after the defeat of HB 1032. "When I chose to run for Senate District 11, I promised to serve and advocate for those in our local community, and I believe I upheld that promise today."
Greg Walker (R-Columbus), District 41, in the Senate since 2006.
- Walker, an early and outspoken opponent to redistricting, said "whether the maps are a good idea or a bad idea, the idea ... did not originate with any legislator or citizen that I'm aware of anywhere in the state of Indiana."
- Walker has said he won't seek reelection.
Kyle Walker (R-Lawrence), District 31, in the Senate since 2020.
- Walker announced this month that he won't seek reelection.
