(Indianapolis, IN ) – Indiana may be getting into the national debate over congressional redistricting.
At the forefront of that issue is Texas with Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state to try to prevent Republicans from redrawing maps that could secure more seats for the GOP in the House of Representatives.
Democrats are arguing that changing the maps would symbolize an attack on democracy.
“My observation would be that the folks raising the most Cain about it are the ones that have gerrymandered their own states to where it looks like maybe the tentacles of an octopus,” Indiana Gov. Mike Braun told WRTV. “It’s exploratory, so there’s no commitments made, other than I think they’re going to come in to every state that’s got the possibility of that happening.
“Here, it would have to based upon the fact that maybe areas aren’t being represented well with the current configuration as the only logic behind it. And it would beg the question, in some of the places where it does look very peculiar — a lot of them in Blue states; some are in Red states. Ours looks fairly reasonable,” Braun added. “I know that’s not typical to do it outside of a census year, or right after — but there’s going to be several subjects.”
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court ruled that states must redraw their statehouse and congressional lines to ensure fair representation for constituents.
That process typically occurs during census years but 2025 is not a census year for congressional districts.
(ABC News Radio contributed to this story)
