Mitch Daniels, former Governor of Indiana, has returned to politics, supporting anti-redistricting Republican candidates in the May primary races. Daniels, who has been largely absent from Republican Party politics for over a decade, argues that public servants who stood against redistricting should be rewarded, not punished, by outside parties. He also criticizes the "bipartisan national embarrassment of mid-decade gerrymandering" that led to intense public pressure on state lawmakers who opposed it. National groups and even President Trump have pledged to support primary challengers to Republicans who oppose redistricting.