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PHOTOS: Congressional redistricting bill fails in Indiana Senate

by Brett Phelps, Mirror Indy
December 11, 2025

<h1>PHOTOS: Congressional redistricting bill fails in Indiana Senate</h1> <p class="byline">by Brett Phelps, Mirror Indy <br />December 11, 2025</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP019.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69370" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People in the chamber watch as Indiana Senators’ votes over congressional redistricting appear on a screen Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The bill did not pass.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_38.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69404" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. R. Michael Young makes his way through the Senate floor after the redistricting bill failed Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_32.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69399" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gerrie Bonarrigo (right) demonstrates against redistricting as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_19.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69386" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A copy of the redistricting bill is passed around as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_28.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69395" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Fady Qaddoura shows a peace sign to audience members in the senate gallery after the redistricting bill failed Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignfull"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP016.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69367" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Protestors demonstrate outside the chamber as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The bill did not pass.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP021.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69372" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Greg Ziesemer (right) hugs a fellow demonstrator after the Indiana Senate voted down a bill proposing congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_20.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69387" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Mike Gaskill (left) and Sen. Greg Walker speak as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_11.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69378" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Indiana Senate President Rodric Bray and Lot. Gov. Micah Beckwith as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_46.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69415" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. J.D. Ford passes out packets before the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP018.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69369" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Mike Gaskill (center) gestures at the podium as Sen. Ryan Mishler (left) and Sen. Ed Charbonneau (right) speak, as votes are cast on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The bill did not pass.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_16.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69383" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Greg Taylor points to the proposed map of congressional districts as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignfull"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_56.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69422" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. R. Michael Young speaks as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_15.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69382" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A protester demonstrates against redistricting as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_50.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69417" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Senate Elections Committee chair Mike Gaskill (left) and Sen. Greg Walker speak as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_18.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69385" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Jeff Raatz writes as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_29.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69396" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gerrie Bonarrigo wears a pig nose in reference to when President Donald Trump called a journalist a piggie, as she protests against the redistricting bill while the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Bonarrigo brought the pig noses for demonstrators to wear.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_52.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69419" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Indiana Lot. Gov. Micah Beckwith and Sen. R. Michael Young talk as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_31.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69398" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Senators speak as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP017.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69368" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Fady Qaddoura and Sen. Shelli Yoder stand just outside the chamber as the Senate votes on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The bill did not pass.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_24.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69391" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Mike Gaskill speaks as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP015.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-69366" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Protestors demonstrate outside the chamber as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The bill did not pass.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_12.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69379" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Greg Walker (right) is embraced as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_13.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69380" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Eric Koch (left) and Sen. Mike Gaskill talk as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignfull"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_21.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69388" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Greg Goode takes the podium as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_23.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69390" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Liz Brown speaks as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211_Senate_BP_55.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69421" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sen. Greg Walker (right) talks after the redistricting bill failed Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DAY-REDISTRICTING-VOTE_BP011A.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-69352" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (left) watches as the Senate gathers to vote on mid-cycle congressional redistricting Dec. 11, 2025, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/congressional-redistricting-bill-fails-indiana-senate-photos/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=69327&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/congressional-redistricting-bill-fails-indiana-senate-photos/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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