Republican Candidate Drops Out After Redistricting Blocked: 'Difficult Seat'

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Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 06, 2026 at 03:56 AM EST updated Feb 06, 2026 at 03:57 AM EST


A Republican congressional candidate in Indiana has dropped out of the race, amid what she described as “egregious gerrymandering,” describing the seat she had hoped to win as “an extremely difficult” one for Republicans to win.

“Indiana’s legislature sadly chose not to redistrict Indiana congressional map to counter Democrats’ egregious gerrymandering and their counting of illegal immigrants in the census,” former Indiana Public Safety Secretary Jennifer-Ruth Green said in a statement one day prior the state’s filing deadline, as reported by The Hill.

“IN-01 remains an extremely difficult seat for a Republican to compete in and win. With your help, we ran a strong race in 2022 and put this district on the map,” she continued.

“Having been through it once, I understand the harsh reality: to win this seat, there is no margin for error.”

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/republican-candidate-drops-out-after-redistricting-blocked-difficult-seat-11475089

[justaprogressive]

1. Your error

was becoming a Republican.

[denvine]

2. Buh Bye!

[cloudbase]

3. "I can't win unless the deck is stacked,

so I'll be heading home now."

She can't make a compelling argument to vote for her.

[groundloop]

4. And Democrats are "cheating" by insisting the deck isn't stacked.

[wolfie001]

6. Whoops! Had to redo that comment

Anyways, glad she feels she can't win. Go DEMS!!! 🔵🔵🔵🔵💯💪

[Talitha]

7. Gee, that's a shame.

Bye-Bye!!

[FakeNoose]

8. It's not gerrymandering, when you redraw the map that was previously gerrymandered

[sanatanadharma]

9. Gerrymander is negation of the equality of "every vote counts"

Gerrymanders are proof that politics and elections are not about ideas and values, but rather are the manifestation of identity and 'me-ism' politics.

[PSPS]

10. Gerrymandering allows a politician to pick their voters when it should be the opposite.

[Icanthinkformyself]

11. Balls

big brass ones. Republicans will not defend their positions as their positions are indefensible. They have a simple formula for elections. Lie, if that doesn't work, cheat. If that doesn't work, whine about it and stomp your feet for the next decade. They never go away.

[WestMichRad]

12. And who drew the Indiana district lines following the 2020 census?

Hmmm… Repukes held both state congressional house and senate, and the governor’s chair. Yup, probably gerrymandered… BY THEM!