Five months ago, President Donald Trump was stinging from one of the first political defeats of his second term as Republican state senators defied him on redistricting in Indiana. Now he has proved he can still punish wayward party members after he endorsed a slate of challengers who defeated almost every one of the lawmakers he wanted to

Most of the Indiana legislature's Republicans who opposed President Donald Trump's redistricting plan lost in landslides.

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost

The president successfully ousted a majority of the Republican state senators who blocked his redistricting effort last year.

President Trump may not have been on the ballot in Indiana on Tuesday, but he won big in the primaries. The Associated Press reports five incumbent state Senators lost their races to Trump-backed candidates.

Five months ago, President Trump was stinging from one of the first political defeats of his second term as Republican state senators defied him on redistricting in Indiana. Now he has proved he can still punish wayward party members after he endorsed a slate of challengers who defeated almost every one of the lawmakers he wanted to dislodge.

The primary election results in Indiana show how President Donald Trump can punish Republican lawmakers who defy him. His endorsed challengers defeated several state lawmakers who had gone against

Trump flexed his political muscle on Tuesday night, and the results are putting the spotlight on Republicans who aren’t eager to take up redistricting before the midterms.