Republicans from Indiana’s House of Representatives released a draft of their redrawn congressional map on Dec. 1, which would give the GOP an advantage in all nine of the state’s districts and potentially net them two seats in Congress next year.
The draft map makes significant changes to Indiana’s two Democratic leaning districts—the first and seventh—which are represented by Reps. Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) and André Carson (D-Ind.), respectively.
Republicans opted to split Marion County, the home of Indianapolis, into four separate districts—especially favoring Districts 6 and 9, which are represented by Republican Reps. Jefferson Shreve and Erin Houchin. The draft map also pushes some northwest Marion County residents into District 4, which is held by Rep. Jim Baird (R-Ind.)….