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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 36

Indiana House of Representatives. 2-year term.

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What this office does

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives write and vote on state laws as part of the Indiana General Assembly. The House has 100 members, each representing one district for a two-year term [1].

The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.

Term
2 years [1]
Term limit
None [1]
Seats
100 [1]
On the 2026 ballot
All 100 [2]
What the law puts in this job (2)
  • Introduces and votes on state legislation as one of the two chambers of the Indiana General Assembly [1].
  • Must be at least 21 years old when taking office and have lived in the district for at least a year [1].

About this race

  • House District 36 covers part of Madison County, including Anderson [3, 16].
  • Pierce has held the seat since 2022, when he defeated a 10-term Democratic incumbent [4].
  • May 5, 2026 primaries: Pierce was unopposed for the Republican nomination [17]; Kim Townsend won the Democratic nomination with 3,796 votes (87.7%) to 530 for Nouhad Melki II [18, 17].
  • The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee lists Townsend as a Target Races candidate [19].
  • Key differences: Pierce's campaign emphasizes lower taxes, cutting regulation, school choice and financial-technology policy [20]; Townsend's emphasizes housing access, health care affordability and public school investment [16]. Pierce voted for the 2025 budget, the 2025 property-tax law and the 2025 redistricting bill [11, 10, 13].
  • No debate or forum for this race was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Kyle Pierce

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Director of finance at IARCA [21]

Kyle Pierce is the Republican incumbent, seeking a third term [3]. His legislative work has centered on financial regulation, digital assets and data privacy [5, 6].

Pierce's background

  • Bachelor's degree in political science from Ball State University and a law degree from the IU McKinney School of Law; works as a nonprofit development manager and consultant; serves on the Anderson Paramount Theatre board; lives in Anderson [3].
  • BallotReady lists his current job as director of finance at IARCA (2024–present) and earlier work as an Indiana House legislative assistant and in development roles at the Ball State University Foundation and Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity [21].

Pierce's positions

Property taxes

  • Says he supports "responsible budgets, lower taxes, and property-tax reforms that provide meaningful relief to homeowners" [20]; voted for SEA 1 (2025) [10].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports a competitive tax environment, affordable energy and fewer regulatory barriers, and says economic-development programs should produce measurable benefits for taxpayers [20].
  • Supports "clear and responsible rules" for new financial technologies [20]; said HEA 1042 lets Hoosiers "participate in digital asset markets with clarity and confidence" [15].

Education

  • Supports school choice, curriculum transparency, apprenticeships, trade schools and work-based learning [20].

Health care

  • Supports price transparency and competition and improved access to mental and behavioral health services [20].

Data privacy

  • Said of HEA 1521: "Hoosiers should never have to worry about their most personal information being used against them" [5].

Elections & redistricting

  • Says he supports "clear election laws, consistent administration, and safeguards that protect election integrity" [20]; voted for HB 1032 (2025) [13].
  • Said of HB 1643: "Candidates and voters deserve a system that is straightforward, reliable and safe" [9].

How Pierce would run the office

  • His campaign site lists priorities including lowering costs, cutting bureaucracy, creating higher-paying jobs and expanding career and technical education [20].

Pierce on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Pierce about Townsend were found.

How Pierce got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [17].

What we could not find about Pierce

  • The Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • His campaign site's 'Kyle's Record' page was not reviewed.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No 2026 endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Pierce's record in office

Indiana House record, District 36 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
23
5 became law
Co-authored
37
18 became law
Sponsored
4
2 became law
Co-sponsored
14
12 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Financial Institutions (Vice Chair)
  • Code Revision Committee (House Chair)
  • Elections and Apportionment
  • Environmental Affairs

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 419, No 53, Excused 17, Not voting 2
  • 2024: Yes 273, No 29, Excused 6, Not voting 2
  • 2025: Yes 333, No 83, Excused 90, Not voting 4
  • 2026: Yes 283, No 92, Not voting 2
How Pierce voted on 37 selected bills
The 78 bills Pierce carried

  • HB 1221: Old home repair tax credit.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a credit against a qualified taxpayer's state tax liability in an amount equal to: (1) 20% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the preservation or rehabilitation of the taxpayer's residence; or (2) 55% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the replacement of electrical wiring and fixtures that were added to the property prior to 1940.

  • HB 1476: Sales tax exemption.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that transactions involving tangible personal property are exempt from the state gross retail and use tax if the person acquiring the property acquires it for providing services as part of a blight clearance program funded by a community development block grant administered by the office of community and rural affairs.

  • HB 1477: Community development supplemental grants.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a segregated account (account) shall be established within the rural economic development fund to provide funding for supplemental grants.

  • HB 1004: Health care matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the health care cost oversight task force and sets forth duties of the task force.

  • HB 1116: Various elections matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony to take certain actions: (1) for the purpose of influencing an election worker; (2) to obstruct or interfere with an election worker; or (3) that injure an election worker.

  • HB 1132: Land use task force.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the land use task force to study and make recommendations concerning: (1) areas where food insecurity exists; (2) development growth trends in rural, suburban, and urban communities across Indiana; and (3) other community growth issues.

  • HB 1156: Motor vehicle matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Provides for the process for suspending the Indiana driving privileges of a minor who is an Indiana resident for failing to appear or answer a traffic summons.

  • HB 1200: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds the following to the definition of "entertainment complex": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city.

  • HB 1281: Financial literacy.

    2023 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school or a charter school in 2027, an individual must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course (course) before the individual may graduate.

  • HB 1344: Right to start act.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a "right to start act".

  • HB 1406: High school equivalency pilot program.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Adds Elwood Community School Corporation, Anderson Community Schools, Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, Center Grove Community School Corporation, Greenwood Community School Corporation, and Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation to the school corporations that are part of the high school equivalency pilot program.

  • HB 1432: Personal allowance for facility residents.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the personal allowance for residential care recipients and Medicaid recipients from $52 to $100.

  • HB 1615: Legalization of cannabis.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Legalizes the sale and use of cannabis by a person at least 18 years of age.

  • HB 1621: Self-service storage facilities.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that the term "personal property" includes trailers.

  • SB 1: Behavioral health matters.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in

  • SB 392: University housing for single mothers.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that the commission for higher education may administer a program to support JobSource, Inc., for the management of the Heartland/Anderson Scholar House.

  • HB 1279: Sentencing and incarceration.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the court to consider certain factors in determining whether a sentence should be served consecutively or concurrently.

  • HB 1284: Deposit account agreements.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a deposit account agreement between a depository financial institution and a depositor may be changed or amended from time to time, subject to the terms of the deposit account agreement.

  • HB 1342: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • HB 1343: Recording of false liens.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes the filing of a false lien a Level 6 felony, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if the false lien is filed against a public official.

  • HB 1344: School athletic events.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires an association to offer a cash payment option at athletic events beginning July 1, 2024.

  • HB 1001: Education and higher education matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definition of "eligible student" to include a sibling of a student with a disability with regards to the education scholarship account program (ESA).

  • HB 1002: Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.

    2024 · Co-authored · passed both chambers; vetoed by the Governor

    Defines "antisemitism", specifies that the public policy of the state is to provide educational opportunities free of religious discrimination, and provides that antisemitism is discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, or national origin.

  • HB 1004: Pension matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment.

  • HB 1026: Commission, committee, and board administration.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies certain duties and responsibilities relating to the operations of various task forces, committees, boards, and councils (statutory entities).

  • HB 1049: Crimes involving fraud.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the penalty for fraud to a Level 4 felony if the pecuniary loss is at least $100,000 or if the pecuniary loss is at least $50,000 and the victim is an endangered adult or less than 18 years of age.

  • HB 1318: Tax credit for safe gun storage expenses.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the taxpayer's state income tax liability in a taxable year equal to the lesser of: (1) 20% multiplied by the safe gun storage expenses incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year; or (2) $500 in the case of an individual filing a single return (or $250 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return).

  • HB 1321: Tax sale procedures.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides immunity from civil liability and civil and criminal trespass to a person who is a tax sale certificate holder or an applicant for a tax deed who enters an abandoned or vacant property during the statutory redemption period to perform routine maintenance in order to remedy an existing or anticipated ordinance violation imposed by a political subdivision.

  • HB 1422: Trafficking of harmful substances in jails.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "chemical intoxicant" and increases the penalty for trafficking with an inmate if the trafficked article is a chemical intoxicant.

  • SB 180: Central bank digital currency.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a governmental body (defined as the state or a state agency) from: (1) accepting payment made with a central bank digital currency; or (2) requiring payment to be made with a central bank digital currency; for any service, tax, license, permit, fee, information, or other amount due the governmental body.

  • SB 284: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2024 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • SB 137: Administrative rulemaking.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Removes references concerning the adoption of an emergency rule.

  • SB 35: Technical corrections.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references.

  • SB 4: Fiscal and administrative matters.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years.

  • SB 80: Code publication amendments.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes Indiana Code publication amendments.

  • HB 1017: Tax sale procedures.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides immunity from civil liability and civil and criminal trespass to a person who is a tax sale certificate holder or an applicant for a tax deed who enters an abandoned or vacant property during the statutory redemption period to perform routine maintenance in order to remedy an existing or anticipated ordinance violation imposed by a political subdivision.

  • HB 1018: Old home repair tax credit.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a credit against a qualified taxpayer's state tax liability in an amount equal to: (1) 20% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the preservation or rehabilitation of the taxpayer's residence; or (2) 55% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the replacement of electrical wiring and fixtures that were added to the property prior to 1940.

  • HB 1019: Filing of false liens.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes the filing of a false lien a Level 6 felony.

  • HB 1156: Digital asset mining.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a county, municipality, or township (unit) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that would have the effect of prohibiting, restricting, or impairing an individual's or a business's ability to: (1) use digital assets to purchase legal goods and services; (2) accept digital assets as a method of payment for legal goods and services; (3) use a hardware wallet or self-hosted wallet to sto

  • HB 1157: Appointed members of city or town boards.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes minimum requirements for members appointed or reappointed to a city or town board, committee, or other body (board) after June 30, 2025.

  • HB 1520: Professional licensing.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the following licensing provisions: (1) hearing aid dealers; (2) auctioneers and auction companies; and (3) electrologists.

  • HB 1521: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • HB 1522: Disqualification of unemployment insurance benefits.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a claimant who fails to: (1) respond to an offer for a job within two business days; or (2) appear for a previously scheduled job interview without notifying the prospective employer of the need to cancel or reschedule the interview; is deemed to be noncompliant with the work search requirements of the unemployment insurance program.

  • HB 1523: Public depositories.

    2025 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Amends as follows the Indiana Code section authorizing a political subdivision to invest public funds in certificates of deposit of depositories that have not been designated as a depository by the local board of finance but have been designated by the state board of finance as a depository for state deposits: (1) Provides that an investment that is made under the section after June 30, 2018, in a

  • HB 1643: Campaign finance.

    2025 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Modifies the definition of "auxiliary party organization".

  • HB 1038: ESOP linked deposit program.

    2025 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Requires the treasurer of state (treasurer) to establish and administer a program to assist Indiana companies in obtaining financing from a financial institution for the purchase of company shares by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

  • HB 1050: Technical corrections.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references.

  • HB 1064: School transfers.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes language prohibiting certain students from enrolling into a school corporation primarily for athletic reasons.

  • HB 1079: Property matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a tenant does not claim the tenant's property within 45 days after receiving a certain notice, a warehouseman or storage facility may sell the tenant's property (current law requires a warehouseman or storage facility to wait 90 days).

  • HB 1081: Distributions to charitable beneficiaries.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an applicant for a certificate of death has a direct interest in a certificate of death if the applicant is a beneficiary of the deceased's individual retirement account, retirement account, brokerage transfer on death account, annuity, or life insurance policy.

  • HB 1084: Real estate land contracts.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "principal dwelling land contract" (contract) as a land contract for the sale of real property: (1) designed for the occupancy of one to two families; and (2) that is or will be occupied by the buyer as the buyer's principal dwelling.

  • HB 1095: Indiana crime guns task force.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the Indiana crime guns task force area may include Lake County.

  • HB 1099: Safe haven infants and foster youth.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the maximum age for a safe haven infant is 60 days of age.

  • HB 1197: Election matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus.

  • HB 1322: Blockchain technology.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that not later than March 1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy.

  • HB 1431: Campaign finance reports.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county election board's website in portable document format.

  • HB 1458: Adoption of research animals.

    2025 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Requires research facilities to offer for adoption dogs or cats no longer required for research purposes.

  • HB 1495: Review of administrative and judicial rules.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the administrative rules review committee.

  • HB 1680: Various elections matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Modifies the definition of "auxiliary party organization".

  • SB 33: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2025 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • SB 219: Trespass.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a person who, not having a contractual interest in the property, knowingly or intentionally enters the real property of another person after having been denied entry by the other person, that person's agent, or a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of the other person or their agent, commits criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.

  • SB 459: Environmental matters.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the environmental rules board may adopt rules establishing requirements for the reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater.

  • SB 463: Child care matters.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027.

  • SB 491: Annexation of property for an industrial park.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the city of Alexandria in Madison County to annex noncontiguous property for use as an industrial park.

  • SB 95: Law enforcement training cost reimbursement.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision (public employer) to be reimbursed for the costs of employing and training a law enforcement officer by a public employer that subsequently employs the officer.

  • HB 1042: Regulation and investment of cryptocurrency.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the following shall offer, as a regular investment program, a self directed brokerage account that offers at least one cryptocurrency investment option: (1) The legislators' defined contribution plan.

  • HB 1088: Technical corrections.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references.

  • HB 1140: Sale and resale of event tickets.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that certain actions taken by a ticket issuer or ticket reseller with respect to tickets sold or resold for entertainment events constitute deceptive acts.

  • HB 1217: Regulation of stablecoin.

    2026 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Prohibits a permitted payment stablecoin issuer or foreign payment stablecoin issuer from: (1) paying interest or any other type of yield; or (2) providing any other economic benefit; to a person in connection with the person's holding, use, or retention of a payment stablecoin.

  • HB 1273: Requirements for proxy advisors.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a proxy advisor makes a recommendation against entity management on an entity proposal or proxy proposal, or makes a default recommendation or policy concerning votes against entity management on entity proposals or proxy proposals, and the proxy advisor does not do so based on a written financial analysis, the proxy advisor shall do the following: (1) At the time the proxy adviso

  • HB 1003: Boards and commissions.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the agricultural promotion and regulation task force to study various agriculture related topics.

  • HB 1030: Electrology services.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant for an electrologist license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrologist license.

  • HB 1241: Roth IRA rollover of 529 account balance.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Designates as a qualified withdrawal for Indiana529 plan (529 plan) purposes a withdrawal of funds from the 529 plan in order to make a contribution to a Roth IRA, pursuant and subject to the limitations of the federal SECURE 2.0 Act.

  • HB 1256: Campaign finance reports of local candidates.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county election board's website in portable document format.

  • SB 233: Powers and duties of the election commission.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code.

  • SB 112: Candidacy documents.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that when an individual files a notice of withdrawal listing an address different from the address on the individual's voter registration record, the individual's signature on the notice of withdrawal constitutes a request to the county voter registration office that the address on the individual's voter registration record be the same as the address on the notice of withdrawal.

  • SB 113: Elections matters.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires each county election board to provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list, not later than 14 days after each election, the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct at the last election.

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities.

How this record was put together, and what it does not show

What we list: 28 bills chosen by a rule that does not look at topic: both state budgets, four bills named in advance, the 2025-26 redistricting bill, and in each session and chamber the 3 bills whose final-passage vote drew the most “nay” votes.

  • Votes reflect party caucus dynamics. Indiana has Republican supermajorities in both chambers, and many floor votes split along party lines; a single vote says little without the bill and its context.
  • Bills often die for procedural reasons, such as no committee hearing or a deadline, and a bill marked “not reported from committee” may have become law inside another bill.
  • A third-reading vote is on the version in front of the chamber at that time; the final version can be very different.
  • Authoring and co-authoring are different: co-authors sign on, often in large numbers, and usually did not write the bill.
  • Attendance counts roll calls on bills and joint resolutions (about 89% of numbered roll calls). “Excused” is an absence the chamber approved; “not voting” means no vote was recorded.

Where Pierce's record came from

Pierce's campaign website

Sources for Pierce

Kimberly (Kim) Townsend

Democratic

Work
Executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Anderson since 2018 [16]

Kim Townsend leads the Anderson Housing Authority and is the Democratic nominee [4]. Her campaign focuses on housing, health care, education and community safety [16].

Townsend's background

  • Executive director (her campaign says CEO) of the Housing Authority of the City of Anderson since 2018; previously a City of Anderson project contract specialist (1994–2018), Madison County Youth Center JDAI coordinator and Madison County Community Health Center project coordinator [22, 16].
  • Her campaign says the agency had a failing HUD designation when she took over and has since secured more than $4 million in grants [16].

Townsend's positions

Housing

  • Says "Every family in Madison County deserves a safe, stable place to call home" and pledges to expand housing access and protect residents from displacement [16].

Health care

  • Says she will "champion policies that make quality care accessible and affordable for all Hoosiers" [16].

Education

  • Supports investing in schools and educators [16].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports local businesses, attracting investment and creating good-paying jobs [16]; IPR reports her campaign will focus on affordability and rising housing costs [4].

Public safety

  • Favors "community investment, youth programs, and collaborative approaches to public safety" [16].

Elections & redistricting

  • Lists voter engagement as a priority, saying every eligible voter should have access and information to participate [16].

How Townsend would run the office

  • Says: "I've spent 31 years showing up for this community. Now it's time to take our story — and our needs — to the Statehouse" [16].

How Townsend got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary with 87.7% over Nouhad Melki II [18, 17]; she has said she intends to keep her housing authority job if elected [4].

Townsend's endorsements and funding

  • Named a Target Races candidate by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee [19, 16]. No fundraising figures were found.

What we could not find about Townsend

  • The Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No local news coverage of her positions beyond the primary-night stories was found.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No direct statements about Pierce were found; her site frames the race as part of an effort to end the Republican supermajority [16].

Townsend's campaign website

Sources for Townsend

Key points

  • House District 36 covers part of Madison County, including Anderson. (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  • Key differences: Pierce's campaign emphasizes lower taxes, cutting regulation, school choice and financial-technology policy; Townsend's emphasizes housing access, health care affordability and public school investment. (Pierce for Indiana)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. State Rep. Kyle Pierce: biography and committees (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  4. Townsend wins Democrat candidacy for District 36 state Representative seat (Indiana Public Radio)
  5. Rep. Pierce: Governor signs bill to protect consumer genetic data (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  6. Rep. Pierce's legislation protecting Hoosier investors signed into law (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  7. House approves Rep. Pierce's bill to improve campaign finance transparency (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  8. House Roll Call 433: SB 1 (Local government finance), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  9. House Roll Call 576: HB 1001 (State budget), conference committee report (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  10. House Roll Call 28: HB 1032 (Redistricting), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  11. Governor ceremonially signs bills authored by Rep. Pierce to embrace emerging financial technology and strengthen transparency (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  12. Kim Townsend for Indiana State Representative HD-36 (campaign website) (Committee to Elect Kim Townsend)
  13. Townsend surpasses Melki for Indiana State Representative District 36 (The Herald Bulletin)
  14. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  15. Kimberly Townsend (Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee)
  16. Kyle Pierce for Indiana (campaign website) (Pierce for Indiana)
  17. Kyle Pierce (BallotReady)
  18. Kimberly "Kim" Townsend (BallotReady)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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