Trump Spends Millions OUSTING Disloyal Indiana Republicans

TL;DR

Trump spent $8–12 million backing primary challengers against Indiana GOP senators who blocked his redistricting push, ousting six of eight.

Key Points

• 1.Trump's PACs spent $8–12 million to purge Indiana Republican senators. Six of eight senators who voted down Trump's redistricting map lost their primaries; only one high-profile holdout was clinging to survival as results came in.
• 2.The Indiana redistricting battle is part of a national gerrymandering arms race. Republicans triggered the cycle in Texas with a mid-cycle remap; Democrats in California and Colorado quickly followed, with Hakeem Jeffries' super PAC funding a Colorado ballot measure for 2028.
• 3.In Ohio, ICE deputy director Madison Sheen lost her Republican primary badly. A Daily Mail exposé about a secret relationship with a junior staffer, combined with her high-profile immigration enforcement ties to Kristi Noem, failed to deliver a win; Derek Merin now faces Marcy Kaptur in OH-9.
• 4.Democrats have flipped five state legislative seats in 2026 with zero GOP flips. A Michigan state senate seat in a Harris +1 district flipped Democratic by 20+ points, mirroring the 25 legislative seats Democrats flipped in 2025 — a trend analyst Taniel coined as the inverse of Republicans' Obama-era gains.
• 5.The DCCC's Red to Blue endorsements sparked Democratic infighting. The committee endorsed Jasmeet Bains over Randy Viegas in CA-22 despite the Progressive Caucus, BoldPAC, and Hispanic Caucus backing Viegas, using dues money against a candidate supported by 90+ member progressives.
• 6.Unearthed 2002 video shows Maine candidate Graham Platner shouting 'Don't attack Iraq' at a Bush-Collins rally. The clip bolsters the case that the DCCC was wrong to prefer Janet Mills over Platner as the candidate to challenge Susan Collins.