1,000 Hoosiers rally against Trump’s redistricting push at Statehouse
Excerpt: (R)oughly 1,000 people of all political stripes ... packed the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Sept. 18, to protest President Donald Trump’s push to redraw Indiana congressional maps. The president has said he wants to give Republicans a greater advantage ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. ...
Democrats brought their own national figure to the fight: Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic former mayor of South Bend, and, more recently, the U.S. secretary of transportation under President Joe Biden.
“The agenda of Washington Republicans is so unpopular, even here in Indiana they are afraid of losing if they have to run on a fair map,” Buttigieg told the crowd ... .
“Elections become meaningless when elected officials pick their constituents, rather than the other way around,” (political science professor Greg) Shufeldt told Mirror Indy.
‘Save our seats’: Indy protesters and Pete Buttigieg rally against redistricting
President Donald Trump has called on Indiana Republicans to redraw congressional maps.
Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. transportation secretary and South Bend mayor, gives a speech Sept. 18, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Public officials spoke out against recent efforts for states to redraw their districts between census years. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror Indy/CatchLight Local/Report for America
By: Mary Claire Molloy
September 18, 2025