Rod Bray
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“If you take the Democrat strongholds in the state of Indiana that are Marion County and obviously Northwest Indiana, and then you spread those out amongst all the congressional districts among the state, by definition you're going to weaken these other congressional districts,”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray explained why he believed the rejected Indiana redistricting map would have put more Republican seats at risk.
“I think the results would have been far worse had we done it. So it was worthwhile. Yes.”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said he believed resisting the redraw was worthwhile and that the results would have been far worse had it been done.
“We continue to hold elections for a reason. Because sometimes the results are not exactly what we expect.”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said elections continue to be held because sometimes results are not exactly what is expected.
“It was not a good idea to start, at least from my perspective.”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said he believed resisting the redraw was worthwhile and that it was not a good idea from his perspective.
“You can get far too cute with redistricting if you want to, and some folks think that they have the means or the science to just draw maps and come up with a result that they can guarantee,”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray cautioned that people can get too clever with redistricting and that no map can guarantee a result.
“There was an immense amount of political capital spent on both sides of this darn thing,”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said he believed resisting the redraw was worthwhile despite the political capital spent on both sides.
“[H]ad we made a change to redistricting, we'd've ended up with something like 8-1 or 7-2 [favoring Democrats] — I really do believe that,”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray, who helped lead opposition to the proposed Indiana redistricting plan, said making a change could have devastated the state's Republican congressional delegation.
“That is not the case.”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said it is not the case that mapmakers can guarantee a result through redistricting science.
“Indiana didn't want it,”
Rod Bray · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Bray said Indiana did not want the redistricting and that the results would have been far worse had it been done.