Redistricting

Democrat Jamee Decio, daughter of the late businessman and philanthropist Art Decio, says she moved back to Elkhart from Los Angeles in April to run for the Indiana U.S. House Disrict 2 seat held by Republican Rep. Rudy Yakym.

South Bend residents will gather Wednesday to write letters opposing mid-decade redistricting, part of a statewide effort to push back on new map proposals.

Senator Linda Rogers (R-Granger) says she’s not ready to announce publicly which way she’ll vote. "I am really just taking my time," Rogers said Thursday. "I am evaluating the positives, the negatives and listening to constituents."

Indiana Democrats hope they’re just a few weeks away from avoiding a congressional redistricting attempt.

“Every day, every week, it moves in that direction because when you look at our political competitors, they’re pretty well gerrymandered across every state they control,” Braun told reporters in Elkhart County on Wednesday.

Rep. Rudy Yakym, who could owe his seat to redistricting, says he wants Indiana to move forward mid-decade, for the first time, to redraw congressional maps so that Republicans will gain seats in Congress.

"If the Republicans in the state legislature and the governor want to redistrict before the midterms, it’s most likely going to be the First District," said Saint Mary’s College Political Science Professor Sean Savage.

Piontek said he expects other Democrats to run for the seat in the largely Democratic district

After the recent redistricting that took place in the state, Michigan lawmakers have had to grapple with living in a new district. As part of the weekly series MichMash...

The Cass County apportionment committee met Friday for the first time since the Michigan Court of Appeals struck down the voter maps it drew for the Cass County Commission.