An anti-incumbent wave in Indiana.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday, Indiana held primary elections for the 2026 midterms. The state Senate primaries were closely watched after President Donald Trump supported challenges against incumbent Republican state senators in response to their opposition to a mid-decade redistricting plan last December. Six Trump-backed candidates defeated incumbent lawmakers, while another won an open-seat primary. Only one incumbent opposed by the president, Greg Goode of Terre Haute, has won their election.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:12.5 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle Podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.5 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the Indiana state primaries, President Trump's little revenge tour against some GOP senators, state senators who refuse to |
| 0:41.2 | gerrymander in Indiana. We're going to talk about exactly what happened, share some views |
| 0:45.6 | from the left and the right, and then, of course, my take. Before you jump in, I want to give you a |
| 0:50.4 | quick heads up that our latest episode of Sus of the rules is out it's up on |
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| 1:00.4 | there was some discussion early on about whether camille can pull off his glasses or not new pair of |
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| 1:09.5 | youtube and that's my plug for the youtube channel all right that, I'm going to send it over to John for |
| 1:14.4 | today's main topic, and I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:24.9 | Thanks, Isaac, and welcome, everybody. Here are your quick hits for today. First up, the United States and Iran are reportedly nearing an agreement to end the war between the countries and set a framework for future discussions over Iran's nuclear program. The agreement reportedly includes a moratorium on Iran's nuclear enrichment and end to U.S. sanctions and unrestricted transit through the |
| 1:44.9 | Strait of Hormuz. Number two, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents searched the office |
| 1:50.1 | of Virginia State Senate President pro-temporary L. Louise Lucas pursuant to a public corruption |
| 1:54.9 | investigation. Another search warrant was executed at a cannabis store that Lucas co-owns. |
| 2:00.8 | Lucas, who has not been |
| 2:01.6 | arrested or charged, said the search was in retaliation for her recent support of a new |
| 2:06.3 | congressional map in Virginia designed to boost democratic representation in the U.S. House. |
| 2:11.6 | Number three, Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee proposed a new congressional map |
| 2:15.7 | designed to flip the state's sole Democratic seat in the U.S. House. |
| 2:20.4 | Number four, a federal judge rejected a request by Fulton County, Georgia to order the Justice |
| 2:25.0 | Department to return ballots and digital ballot copies related to the 2020 election that were |
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