Mike Braun

Rule Changes

Backing Trump's redistricting effort; supporting primary challengers to incumbent state senators

Congressional maps are normally redrawn once a decade, after the Census. In August 2025, Texas broke that convention at President Trump's urging—redrawing its map five years early to flip five Democratic-held seats. The move triggered a chain reaction: California redrew to flip five Republican seats back, Missouri and North Carolina followed, and the White House began pushing every Republican-controlled state to do the same.

Updated 4 hours ago

Built World

Continuing LEAP development; broke ground on Meta data center

Indiana committed over $23 billion in private investment to a 9,500-acre industrial district in Boone County farmland before solving a basic problem: where the water would come from. Now the state is advancing a $560 million plan to pipe up to 25 million gallons per day from Indianapolis to supply Eli Lilly's $9 billion pharmaceutical campus and Meta's $10 billion data center complex, despite objections from Indianapolis lawmakers, environmental groups, and hundreds of property owners along the pipeline route.

Updated Apr 15

Built World

Active proponent of data center development

Amazon is transforming northern Indiana farmland into one of the world's largest artificial intelligence computing hubs. In November 2025, the company announced a $15 billion expansion on top of an $11 billion project already under construction near New Carlisle—bringing its total Indiana commitment to $26 billion and creating what officials call the state's largest construction project ever.

Updated Feb 10