The decision is here: The Indiana Senate has rejected the mid-decade redistricting bill by a 19-31 vote. Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, is offering closing statements on the redistricting bill, meaning that a vote is imminent. Gaskill signaled he didn't know which way the vote would go.

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.

The mid-decade redistricting was strongly supported by President Donald Trump, who publicly pressured the General Assembly to hold a vote after the Indiana Senate Republicans said they didn’t have enough support. The redistricting measure cleared the House by a 57-41 vote last week.

Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort has hit unexpected pushback in Indiana, and become a test of Trump's grip on his party.

After the Indiana Senate rejected President Donald Trumps contentious mid-decade redistricting proposal, warnings of political and financial retaliation escalated including public threats that Indiana could lose federal funding as punishment for GOP senators refusal to approve the new congressional map.

President Donald Trump once again attacked the Indiana Senate Republican leader after the state body voted down a mid-decade redistricting bill. In a Truth Social message posted early Saturday, Trump vowed to primary Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray and other Republicans who opposed the GOP-friendly congressional map.

INDIANAPOLIS — As the redistricting battle began to pick up steam in Indiana last month, state Sen. Jean Leising’s grandchildren were receiving odd text messages.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration mistakenly deported in March and eventually returned, is now free from ICE custody. And, Indiana lawmakers reject a redistricting proposal.