Laura Merrifield Wilson
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“Adding more Democratic voters to those Republican districts could have actually tipped the scales in favor of the Democratic candidates.”
Laura Merrifield Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Wilson said adding more Democratic voters to Republican districts could have tipped the scales toward Democratic candidates.
“Given how the newly proposed maps would have added even more Democratic voters in seemingly safe Republican districts, it is possible the redistricting, had it gone through, would backfire and actually would have given Democrats more seats,”
Laura Merrifield Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Wilson told Fox News Digital that the rejected redistricting maps could have backfired and given Democrats more seats.
“The redistricting debacle proved to be a waste of time, energy, and money,”
Laura Merrifield Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Wilson told Fox News Digital that the redistricting debacle wasted time, energy, and money, noting most Republican state senators who opposed the redraw and faced primary challenges lost their races.
“As it was, they did flip (Rep. Victoria Spartz') IN-5 from red to blue and that was a district that was considered 'solid Republican' at the beginning of this election cycle,”
Laura Merrifield Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Wilson noted that Democrats flipped only one of Indiana's nine congressional districts, Rep. Victoria Spartz's IN-5.