Indiana's Congressional maps will stay as they are, after a divided Republican party rejected President Trump's push to re-draw the state's political boundaries ahead of next year's midterm elections.
The state's Republican Governor Mike Braun called lawmakers back to Indianapolis to vote on the new map that would have erased Indiana's two Democratic Congressional districts.
It was based on mid-year census counts, and followed the lead of Texas, which gave itself five more Republican seats over the summer.
Pendleton state Senate Republican Mike Gaskill was a sponsor of the effort. He told colleagues before the vote that the remap was a response to what he called gerrymandering efforts by Democrats in Illinois and other states.
"They take full advantage of the Democratic majority in Chicago," said Gaskill, pointing to a map showing Chicago-area Congressional districts. "We're getting diluted by the Democrats and what they're doing in these other states.
Another supporter, Fort Wayne state senate Republican Liz Brown, said a remap was needed to head off potential Democratic legislative priorities if they gain control of Congress in the midterm elections.
"Elections have consequences? Yeah. That's why we re-district," she said.
But other Republicans, who have been on the receiving end of threats from supporters of the President, say the new maps would divide communities and might not survive a legal challenge.
"I cannot myself support a bill for which there must be a legal injunction for it to be declared unconstitutional," said Columbus state senate Republican Greg Walker, one of the most outspoken opponents of the bill.
Fellow Republican Greg Goode from Terre Haute told senators that he'd been talking to his constituents about the proposal: "The consensus of Hoosiers in District 38 is to vote against."
The President has suggested Republicans who vote no could face primary challenges.
But the vote means Illinois' own Congressional maps - which includes just three Republican districts - will probably stay as they are.