ICYMI: Club for Growth Launches New Indiana Redistricting Ad
“Our message is, to the Republicans, man up and get in the game,” – David McIntosh, Club for Growth President
Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth has released its latest ad promoting redistricting efforts in Indiana. The ad will air across broadcast networks and Fox News in Indianapolis this week, and is the latest in Club for Growth’s seven-figure investment into Republican redistricting efforts across the country. In addition to the two ads, Club for Growth has also engaged in phone campaigns urging constituents to contact their representatives to support redistricting efforts. Kayla Dwyer covered the launch as an exclusive report for the IndyStar.
Click here to watch Now, Club for Growth’s latest ad urging Indiana legislators to stand with President Trump and redraw the state’s congressional map.
Click here to watch Rig, a Club for Growth ad calling for lawmakers to counteract Governor Newsom’s redistricting effort in California and prevent Democrats from rigging the midterm elections.
Click here to read the full coverage from the IndyStar.
In addition to Indiana, Club for Growth has engaged in four states pushing Republicans to redraw their congressional maps, including successful advocacy in Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas.
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Big money from big Washington, D.C., names is starting to flow into Indiana’s redistricting wars, as state lawmakers prepare to tackle the subject in three weeks.
A new television ad airing in and around Indianapolis on Nov. 11 from Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy and fundraising group headed by former Indiana U.S. Rep. David McIntosh, may only be the start of the group’s investment in the state’s battle.
“Basically we’re going to spend what it takes to get the bill passed,” McIntosh told IndyStar.
The new spots and media pushes this week add to the pressure cooker facing Indiana senators in particular, who have been reluctant to fully back the mid-decade effort pushed by President Donald Trump to draw more Republican-favored congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The “bill” to which McIntosh referred is whatever map Indiana Republicans propose when they meet between Dec. 1 and Dec. 12, kicking off the 2026 legislative session early instead of agreeing to Gov. Mike Braun’s call for a special session to redistrict.
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The new ad from Club For Growth urges voters to tell their state senator to “stand with Trump” and “pass new maps.” It ticks through news reels of Democratic states like California and Virginia redrawing their maps to create more Democratic-leaning seats…
A soundbite from an unidentified man’s voice delivers the main argument in the ad: “Republican states need to balance the maps.”
This is only the latest ad from the group’s overall planned spend of $1 million on supporting redistricting efforts across the country ― including an earlier digital ad in Indiana in August. McIntosh said the group has already invested more than $1 million and may end up spending closer to $3 million by the time every state they are watching makes final decisions.
This ad will run for one week in the Indianapolis television market, which includes some neighboring rural counties and comprises around 40 to 45% of the state’s Republican primary voters, McIntosh said.
If he sees that some senators still need convincing, he said, his group is prepared to run more TV ads in the area. But he said he’s feeling confident that Indiana lawmakers will ultimately vote to support redistricting.
“I actually have a lot of confidence that the legislature, the Republicans, will come around and think this is a good idea,” he said.
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“Our message is, to the Republicans, man up and get in the game,” McIntosh said.