The entire 2026 Legislative Session is moving up by a month to start in December instead of January.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana House will meet on Monday, Dec. 1 to debate redrawing Indiana’s congressional districts. 

The announcement came just after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25. 

House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) has said for months he has the votes to support Gov. Mike Braun’s (R-Indiana) call for redistricting. 

“House Republicans will gavel in on Monday, Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session,” Huston said in a written statement. “All legislative business will be considered beginning next week, including redrawing the state’s congressional map. Because session will start early this year, we plan to adjust the calendar and complete our legislative business by the end of February.”

But Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray (R-Martinsville) has said the votes are not there in the Indiana Senate to pass redistricting. In his own statement, he said the Senate would not be in session on Monday, but instead a week later. 

“The issue of redrawing Indiana’s congressional maps mid-cycle has received a lot of attention and is causing strife here in our state,” Bray said in a statement. “To resolve this issue, the Senate intends to reconvene as part of the regular 2026 session on Dec. 8 and make a final decision that week on any redistricting proposal sent from the House. Because we will reconvene as part of the regular 2026 legislative session, we anticipate concluding our regular 2026 session by the end of February.”

Braun posted his response to the news on X: 

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly convening to vote on fair maps. Hoosiers deserve to have fair representation in Washington and now the General Assembly needs to deliver a 9-0 map which will help level the playing field.

— Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) November 25, 2025

House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-District 80) spoke Tuesday to the challenges Democrats face being able to have an impact on this issue.

“We are in the superminority, so we can’t, you know, walk out and stop the proceedings,” he said. “So now there are some…certainly there’s probably some House Republicans that don’t want to vote for this either and, you know, maybe they’re the ones that shouldn’t show up.”

GiaQuinta said, by House rules, Huston is supposed to consult him about a date change on reconvening and come to an agreement. GiaQuinta said just last week, both the House and Senate voted not to reconvene until Jan. 5 and now, a week later, they are changing.

“I’m offended by that, and I think it’s taking cues from folks out in Washington, D.C. We as Hoosiers, we don’t do that. We’re an independent bunch, as I’ve said before, and we need to make up and make our own decisions on these things,” he said.


State Rep. Craig Haggard (R-District 57) is running for Congress in the 4th District and, if the map changes, so too might the district he runs in. But Haggard said Tuesday he’s glad both chambers are taking up the issue.

“I’m kind of glad now we know something. I think part of the frustration was not knowing what’s going to happen. We still haven’t, as far as I know, seen any maps, so it’ll be good to finally see that so we can evaluate whether we think it’s good or bad,” Haggard said. “And this is what, you know, we’ve been called to do, do our jobs, do it in front of the public and then make those decisions so everybody can see what we’re doing.”

State Rep. Mitch Gore (D-District 89) talked to 13News before Tuesday’s announcement and gave his take on redistricting and the possibility of coming back in December to deal with it.

“Why can’t we respect at least the spirit of the state constitution, which says that legislative districts, our own districts, can only be done once every 10 years. So there are a lot of issues with it. It is just wrong,” Gore said. “I wish that Congress would do its job. You know, Republicans control both houses in Congress and the White House. If they really thought this was an issue with Democratic states, red states, they would just pass a law to ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide, which they could do today, but that’s clearly not actually the reason they’re trying to do this.”

After the announcement last week that Indiana legislators would not take up redistricting at this time, at least eight lawmakers – and the governor himself – have faced threats. Both Democrat and Republican leaders have condemned those threats. 

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about the news the Indiana lawmakers had moved up the session, saying in part: 

“I am glad to hear the Indiana House is stepping up to do the right thing, and I hope the Senate finds the Votes. If they do, I will make sure that all of those people supporting me win their Primaries, and go on to Greatness but, if they don’t, I will partner with the incredibly powerful MAGA Grassroots Republicans to elect STRONG Republicans who are ready to do what is needed to protect our Country.” 

Indiana Senate Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington) issued a statement in response to the announcement, saying, in part: 

“Hoosiers watched something dangerous unfold today. Senate Republicans looked directly at their constituents and said, ‘we heard you but we will not listen to you.’ This after Senate Republicans publicly stated multiple times their constituents do not want our maps rigged. They said the votes were not there. They said this entire push was tearing our state apart and Hoosiers care far more about not being able to afford everyday life than they do political games. And yet the moment Donald Trump intensified his bullying campaign, they caved.”Â