An initiative aimed at promoting independent candidates in Indiana released a new study on Monday, one that the organization hopes to help Indiana out of a period of what they call “sustained political stagnation.

Trump and national Republicans pushed Indiana lawmakers for new district lines that could have allowed the party to gain two seats in next year’s midterms.

Leaders of an Indiana group aimed at supporting independent political candidates say the state’s time in the national congressional redistricting spotlight gives them hope that the Legislature will advance election reforms.

The upcoming year is shaping up to be a massive one in the political sphere, particularly in the Buckeye State.

The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to hand Republicans two more seats, dealing President Donald Trump a rare rebuke from his own party in the face of the president’s months-long campaign to pressure the GOP supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.