Indiana Senate Republicans do not have the votes to pass mid-decade redistricting despite a months-long campaign by the White House to secure two additional Republican seats.

That pressure culminated in a call from President Donald Trump on Oct. 17, where a dial-in poll was conducted. A majority of Republican lawmakers on the call indicated they support redistricting, according to Politico , with many of the holdouts among Senate leadership.

But, in order to get new maps passed without any Democratic support, Republicans would need more than just a simple majority of their members to support redistricting.

"The votes aren’t there for redistricting," said Molly Swigart, a spokesperson for Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville. She did not answer IndyStar question

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