Indiana Gov. Mike Braun speaks during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Amidst Republican-controlled states gerrymandering their congressional districts, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) suggested on Monday that he too could call a special session in November to give Republicans an additional seat.

When asked about redistricting in his state during an interview with WOWO Radio, Braun said Indiana is “in the process where we will evolve in that direction.”

“We’ll have to do that either at the very beginning of the next [legislative] session we have in ‘26, or probably more ideally sometime in November,” he said during the interview.

Braun also said he will not call a special session unless he is certain that enough legislators will approve the new maps.

Missouri and Texas have already passed their own maps after facing pressure from President Donald Trump and his administration to give the Republicans an advantage in the 2026 midterms. Given the unpopularity of Trump’s policies — like stripping away health care, food stamps, disaster funding and increasing costs through tariffs — Republicans are expected to have a tough time holding their slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Vice President J.D. Vance visited Indiana last month to meet with state lawmakers on the issue, but there has been resistance from outside groups, Democrats and even several Republicans in the state legislature. However, Braun has indicated that several Republicans have changed their minds on the issue, including Rep. Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) who went from a “hard no” to a “hell yes.”

Under the current maps, Republicans hold seven of Indiana’s nine congressional seats.