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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 37

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 37 covers part of Hamilton County, including Fishers [3].
  • May 5, 2026 primaries: Huston was unopposed for the Republican nomination; Lauren Cole won the Democratic nomination with 2,167 votes (55.2%) to 1,757 (44.8%) for Joel Levi [15].
  • Key differences: Huston has led the House Republican agenda on property-tax changes, the 2025 budget and the 2025 redistricting effort [6, 10]; Cole says she is focused on public school funding, working families and government transparency [16].
  • No debate or forum for this race was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Lauren S. Cole

Democratic

Work
Senior coordinator in medical affairs at LabCorp Biopharma [16]

Lauren Cole, a first-time candidate who works in health care, is the Democratic nominee [16]. She focuses on public education, working families and transparency in state government [16].

Cole's background

  • The Reporter describes her as a senior coordinator in medical affairs at LabCorp Biopharma [16]; BallotReady lists her as a molecular technologist supervisor at Patients Choice Laboratories since 2022 [20].
  • First-time candidate [16].

Cole's positions

Education

  • Has criticized underfunding of public schools and says every child should have access to a high-quality education [16].

Economy & jobs

  • Says she is running "to represent the people who work hard every day and just want a fair shot" [16].

Government transparency

  • Says "government should be a window, not a black box" and that people deserve to know "where their tax dollars go" [16].

How Cole would run the office

  • Says "This campaign is about bringing the power back to the people where it belongs" [16].

How Cole got on the ballot

  • Announced in February 2026 [16]; won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary with 55.2% over Joel Levi [15].

What we could not find about Cole

  • Her campaign Facebook page could not be reviewed; no campaign website found.
  • Current Publishing's candidate filing story and March 2026 Q&A could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Ballotpedia's candidate page could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Her employer differs between The Reporter (LabCorp Biopharma) and BallotReady (Patients Choice Laboratories).
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No direct statements about Huston were found. She has said, "I'm not running to represent the powerful" [16].
  • No endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Sources for Cole

Todd Huston

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Was a senior vice president at the College Board until 2022 [17]

Todd Huston is the Republican incumbent and Speaker of the Indiana House, first elected in 2012 [3]. As speaker he has led House action on the 2025 property-tax law and budget and the 2025 redistricting bill [6, 10].

Huston's background

  • Bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University; former Hamilton Southeastern school board member and Fishers Plan Commission member; appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to the State Board of Education and the Indiana Education Roundtable; lives in Fishers [3].
  • Was a senior vice president at the College Board until 2022 [17].

Huston's positions

Property taxes

  • Said SEA 1 delivered "robust property tax relief for Hoosiers" [8]; said that between property tax relief and income tax cuts, Hoosiers would see about $600 million in tax cuts in 2026 and $700 million in 2027 [6].

Housing

  • Said the 2026 laws "expand Indiana's housing supply and drive down costs of homeownership" [13]; said "The best way to reduce cost burdens on Hoosiers is to roll back regulation and bureaucracy" [18].

Energy & utilities

  • Listed HEA 1002 (2026), which sets performance targets for utilities on cost and reliability, as a caucus priority [18].

Elections & redistricting

  • Supported mid-decade congressional redistricting in 2025, saying he hoped Congress would bar the practice but that Indiana should use every available legal tool in the meantime [10].

Other

  • Fox59 reported that Huston had repeatedly expressed disinterest in a 2025 bill to legalize recreational marijuana [19].

How Huston would run the office

  • Announced a 2026 House Republican agenda aimed at keeping Indiana "a low cost of living state" through housing, utility, government-consolidation and education bills [18].

Huston on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Huston about Cole were found.

How Huston got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [15].

What we could not find about Huston

  • No campaign website found.
  • Current Publishing's March 2026 Q&A with the District 37 candidates could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No statement from Huston after the Senate's Dec. 11, 2025 rejection of HB 1032 was found.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No 2026 endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Huston's record in office

Indiana House record, District 37 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
1
1 became law
Co-authored
3
2 became law
Sponsored
1
1 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Committee on Joint Rules (Chair)
  • Legislative Council (House Chair)
  • Legislative Council, Personnel Subcommittee (House Chair)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 28, No 3, Excused 59, Not voting 401
  • 2024: Yes 12, No 1, Not voting 297
  • 2025: Yes 21, No 2, Excused 1, Not voting 486
  • 2026: Yes 22, No 15, Not voting 340
How Huston voted on 37 selected bills
The 5 bills Huston carried

  • 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 1008: Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission, including six members appointed by the governor and five members appointed under Illinois law, to discuss and recommend whether it is advisable to adjust the boundaries between the two states.

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

    2026 · 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 Huston's record came from

Sources for Huston

Key points

  • House District 37 covers part of Hamilton County, including Fishers. (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  • Key differences: Huston has led the House Republican agenda on property-tax changes, the 2025 budget and the 2025 redistricting effort; Cole says she is focused on public school funding, working families and government transparency. (Indiana House Republican Caucus)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Speaker Todd Huston: biography and committees (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  4. Huston: Legislative session ends with passage of balanced state budget, tax relief and other key priorities for Hoosiers (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  5. Indiana House passes amended Senate Bill 1 to deliver robust property tax relief and reform to Hoosiers (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  6. Speaker Huston issues statement on redistricting (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  7. Huston: 2026 legislative session ends with new laws to lower costs for Hoosiers, reduce government bureaucracy (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  8. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  9. Lauren Cole announces candidacy for Indiana House District 37 (The Reporter (Hamilton County))
  10. Indiana House Speaker Leaving College Board Job (Inside Indiana Business / The Associated Press)
  11. Huston announces House Republicans' 2026 legislative agenda to lower costs for families, reduce government bureaucracy (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  12. Indiana Republicans introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana (Fox59)
  13. Lauren S. Cole (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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