The Trump administration is turning its attention to Indiana as Republicans look for other red states to follow Texas's lead in the building redistricting battle.

Vice President Vance is visiting Indianapolis on Thursday to meet with Gov. Mike Braun (R) amid chatter about potential midcycle redistricting in the Hoosier State. Braun has said there are no commitments at the moment, but left the door open for the matter to come up at the meeting.

The visit suggests Indiana could be one of the next states on the GOP’s list to move forward with redrawing congressional maps, though it's unclear whether Indiana Republicans have the appetite for it.

“They are completely rewriting the implied rule book,” Pete Seat, a GOP strategist and former communications director for the Indiana Republican Party, said of the redistricting push.

“It's a Pandora's box, because if you do it in Texas, you do it here, you do it in some other red states. What's going to happen in the blue states? They're going to respond in kind. And then you have a redistricting arms race, and I don't know where that ends,” Seat said.

Vance’s visit to Indianapolis comes amid escalating drama over a proposed redraw in Texas, where a plan backed by President Trump could net Republicans five House seats in next year’s high-stakes midterms.

Texas Democrats fled the state over the weekend, breaking quorum in a last-ditch bid to stall the state Legislature from moving forward with the redistricting effort.

Meanwhile, the developments in the Lone Star State have had a domino effect across the country.

In calling for the Texas changes last month, Trump floated that “there could be some other states”

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